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A lowercase ad-lib in parentheses

Suggestion adlib.parentheses Previewed fix

This is a short recognized ad-lib inside parentheses. The suggestion is contextual and requires preview.

Conventions: Capitalize only what convention requires, Transcribe every ad-lib.

Example

Flagged by this rule
[Verse]
(yeah)

In the workbench this reads: Capitalize this parenthesized ad-lib.

Accepted by this rule
[Verse]
(Yeah)

The fix

In the workbench this finding carries one control, labelled Capitalize as Yeah. The change is contextual, so it is previewed as a diff in your document first and applies only when you confirm it.

The convention and its limits

This check detects the pattern shown above. An accepted example passes this check; it is not a review of the whole transcription.

Source

The source cited by this check:

Ad-libs (opens in a new tab) verified Parenthesize and capitalize ad-libs
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Filters
Ad-libs and backing vocals
4 results in Ad-libs and backing vocals