Were
Posted By: end of the line for me on 2009-04-09
In Reply to: Was - BOS
Subject: Were
It has already been well-established by the transcription-pros that BOS has several grammatical errors. In fact, BOS has the following disclaimer:
"This book attempts to present forms that are the most preferred,
while acknowledging some alternative acceptable forms.
Some forms that are widely used and/or well documented are not correct."
The reference to "Units of measure" is one such issue, where BOS is obviously wrong.
BOS wrote:
"units of measure
Units of measure are collective singular nouns and take singular verbs.
After the lab report came back, 20 mEq of KCl was added.
3 mL was injected"
In the English language and in the field of medicine, the "Unit of measure", generally refers to "mL", "cm", etc., but not to the "quantity", i.e., the number preceding that unit, like the 20 and 3 in the examples provided by BOS.
One example from BOS is: "The abdomen shows a 4-1/4-inch scar."
BOS did not comply with its own rules by not using the hyphens, to read, "20-mEq KCl was added" or "3-mL (lidocaine) was injected"
Per the English language, the "subject" continues to be the Number "3 milliliters" in BOS' example.
As long as the words are "separate" with a "preposition" interposed, the subject shifts from "lidocaine" to "five" in Mark's example, and it becomes "5 mL of 1% lidocaine WERE injected..." per the Grammar link that I've provided.
To use WAS, it could be written as, "5-mL 1% lidocaine WAS injected...."
Just like to conclude saying that it was an error on the part of QA to mark someone off just because they typed correctly; "5 mL of 1% lidocaine WERE injected...."
Well...end of the argument for me. :-)
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