Oh no! This could be me!

Posted By: another comma crazy MT on 2005-09-21
In Reply to: I AM FREAKING OUT..... - what to do, what to do...

I, too, am 'comma crazy.' When I started out with the BIG national, I told my supervisor that I tend to overuse commas, and she said,"Ha, Ha, I don't think it's possible to OVERUSE commas!" So, I have been relaxed about my 'overuse of commas.' GEEZ! To think some snotty doctor can almost ruin your career complaining about TOO MANY COMMAS!! Crying out loud! Good luck on your job search. If you have been with them for four years, and this is the way they treat you for a comma 'problem', you had better be looking elsewhere. I don't know about getting your own doc, but what about maybe doing overflow for some local transcriptionist. Maybe ask local clinics if they outsource locally and to whom and see if you can get some overflow work. Depending on where you work, the pay could be better than the nationals. Personally, I am now waiting for the 'comma shoe' to drop!!

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I AM FREAKING OUT..... - what to do, what to do...
- Commas (sm) - Gem
- commas - scribester
  - While there may be some institutions that do not care about...sm - Experienced MT
  - I hardly think she was padding line counts. - it's not like she added 100 commas per page
  - I can see your point about grammar, but using commas to pad line counts??!! - I can think of a lot better ways. not OP/NM
- Mistakes - Patti
- Oh no! This could be me! - another comma crazy MT
  - Me too. - mtathome
  - I, too, love commas! I was told by an English - ditto this
    - don't know how long ago that was, - but i think that advice may not be
- Explain to them the realities of life, and hopefully they'll bend. - nm
- I'd tell them to stuff it, but that's just me - sm
- for now. . . - stephanie
  - I, too, agree with Stephanie! Good Luck! - commafreaktoo nm
  - I agree with "stephanie" - Passing through

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