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Crutch Words, Informal Speech A speaker says: You know, I used to play basketball. But then I kinda got bored with it, so. Which of the following is the correct way to transcribe this according to our Clean Verbatim Style Guide

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The correct way to transcribe the sentence is "I used to play basketball. But then I kind of got bored with it, so," as stated in option A and explained below.

How to transcribe the sentence

According to the Clean Verbatim Style Guide, we should remove crutch words from people's speech. Crutch words can be defined as fillers, that is, words or phrases we use when we want to have more time to think or when we wish to be more emphatic.

The crutch words that, according to the Guide, should be removed are:

  • You know
  • Like

Therefore, if we are to transcribe the sentence, "You know, I used to play basketball. But then I kinda got bored with it, so," this is what we should do:

  • I used to play basketball. But then I kind of got bored with it, so.

Thus, we removed the crutch words "you know," as per the Guide, and transcribed the sentence in a cleaner way. We can conclude that option A is the correct answer.

The missing answer choices are the following:

  • I used to play basketball. But then I kind of got bored with it, so.
  • You know, I used to play basketball. But then I kinda got bored with it, so.
  • I used to play basketball. But then I got bored with it.

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