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Section Six- Currency and Time

Rule	Instruction	Example
Dollars and Cents	Do not write “dollars” use $ sign for a quantifiable amount. When less than $1 use the format $0.xx.	I owe you $12 for lunch today. The startup raised $1.2 million in round one. The profit margin is $0.50 per unit.
Bucks	If the speaker says ‘bucks’ instead of 'dollars’, spell out bucks.	25 bucks
Foreign Currency	When transcribing foreign currency, type out the word for it, rather than the symbol.	I just visited England and I have 100 pounds left over from the trip.
AM and PM	Use AM and PM not a.m. and p.m. If the time is on the hour, transcribe without :00	1:17 PM or 1 PM
12 o’clock	If the speaker says o’clock transcribe it as heard.	12 o’clock not 12:00 o’clock
Military Time	If spoken as x hundred hours, use the 00:00 format.	17:00 hours

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