(March 26, 2017 at 8:20 pm)mh.brewer Wrote:(March 26, 2017 at 8:14 pm)Astreja Wrote: I use them occasionally, especially when writing dialogue in a fictional work. I don't use contractions nearly as much as I used to, because in my medical transcription job I have to expand any contractions and abbreviations.
WT'F.
You heard that right: If a doctor says "can't" or "won't" we have to type them as "cannot" or "will not." If we get alphabet soup such as "ITP" we have to expand at least the first instance to "idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura."
