Example: B
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SS18
Crutch Words
A speaker says:
It took me months before I could, like, go back and, you know, do it again.
Which of the following is the correct way to transcribe this according to our Clean Verbatim Style Guide?
A) It took me months before I could go back and do it again.
B) It took me months before I could, like, go back and, you know, do it again.
C) It took me months before I could go back and, you know, do it again.

A. It took me months before I could go back and do it again.

Explanation:

To transcribe means to write out a copy of an audio or make a summary of a particular text or story.

When a speaker says: It took me months before I could, like, go back and, you know, do it again. To transcribe this according to the Clean Verbatim Style Guide will be: It took me months before I could go back and do it again.

Therefore, option A is correct. Writing "like go back" and "you know" isn't necessary. It's an informal way of talking especially with one's friend.

the correct answer would be d, i never like waking up.

explanation:

iambic tetrameter is a meter which is basically a line consisting of four feet of iambic and it is used in poetry. it consists of unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. in this question, the only statement which is giving the feel of being stressed is option d, which says that i never like waking up. it means the person is feeling stressed whenever he wakes up. he never likes to wake up and and whenever he wakes up, he doesn't like it. so a sense or feel of being stressed is in this statement.