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Remember when life was simple and all you had to do was make a selection on what your steno really meant? Those days are long gone.





Reporters must get themselves into top realtime form to compete in today's job market. This is my contribution toward ALL of us reaching the realtime goal.



My Steno Wizardry concept is based on the idea that writing realtime actually doesn't require magic -- just hard work, determination, and a little bit of FUN imagination.



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Thursday, August 6, 2020

New phrases with evidence

I recently purchased a book written by Ed Varallo.  It was mind blowing!

I'm developing more strategies for keeping pace with all these fast speakers. 

I write "evidence" EFDZ -- some people use EFD, so you can obviously adapt this concept to what works for your writing style.

Hopefully, in school, you were taught some basic phrases with the word evidence.

direct evidence DREFDZ
circumstantial evidence SEFDZ
preponderance of the evidence PREFDZ
greater weight of the evidence GREFDZ

I then developed a couple of additional phrases due to my work exposure to these:

tampering with evidence TWEFDZ
credible evidence KREFDZ
competent evidence KPEFDZ

Ed's book expanded the possibilities.  He writes evidence EFD, so mine is just a tad different. 

Phrases with the word evidence:
any evidence NEUFDZ
best evidence BEFDZ
some evidence SMEFDZ
clear and convincing evidence KLEFDZ
in evidence NEFDZ
received in evidence SNEFDZ
forensic evidence FREFDZ
convincing evidence KWEFDZ
weight of the evidence WEFDZ

Yesterday's hearing, the magistrate started using a new phrase -- admissible evidence - ARGH!

So...my brief for admissible evidence...DMEFDZ

I'm still debating whether I'll incorporate a couple of the others that are in Ed's book.

Is there any evidence  STHREUFDZ
is there evidence STHREFDZ
was there any evidence STHR*EUFDZ
was there evidence STHR*EFDZ

I highly recommend getting his book.  Edvarallo.com is where it you can find it.  It's temporarily reduced in price -- a COVID special.  :) 




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