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Grammar & Punctuation for Legal Transcription Flashcards

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  1. In legal transcription, when two independent clauses are joined by a coordinating conjunction such as 'and' or 'but,' what punctuation rule applies?

    Answer: A comma is placed before the coordinating conjunction

    A comma is placed before a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) when it joins two independent clauses in standard legal transcription style.

  2. A legal transcriptionist must introduce a long block quotation from a witness statement. Which punctuation mark is most appropriate immediately before the quotation?

    Answer: A colon

    A colon is used to formally introduce a long quotation, a list, or an extended statement in legal documents.

  3. How should the possessive form be written for a witness named 'Mr. Jones' in a legal transcript?

    Answer: Jones's

    Both 'Jones's' and 'Jones'' are accepted, but most legal style guides prefer adding 's after a singular noun ending in 's' (Jones's).

  4. Which sentence correctly uses a semicolon in a legal transcript?

    Answer: Counsel objected; the judge sustained the objection.

    A semicolon correctly joins two closely related independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction, as in 'Counsel objected; the judge sustained the objection.'

  5. In formal legal transcription, how are cardinal numbers from one to nine typically written?

    Answer: Spelled out as words (one through nine)

    Standard legal and general style guides require spelling out numbers one through nine as words in formal text.

  6. When transcribing quoted testimony in a deposition, which rule governs the placement of a period at the end of a quoted sentence?

    Answer: The period is placed inside the closing quotation mark (American style)

    American punctuation style requires periods and commas to be placed inside closing quotation marks, which is the standard applied in U.S. legal transcription.

  7. Which of the following demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement in a legal transcript sentence?

    Answer: The panel of judges has issued its ruling.

    'The panel of judges has issued its ruling' is correct because 'panel' is the singular subject governing the verb 'has.'