minutes is a written record of all events and matters discussed during a meeting or other type of assembly.
The minutes are configured as a textual modality of written language, used mainly in the context professional to keep a record of decisions and arguments that were previously presented during the meetings.
As they are formally used, the minutes present a set of production standards, which constitute the so-called “technical writing”.
Some of the basic rules for producing meeting minutes, for example, are:
- no abbreviations
- no paragraphs or lines
- all numbers must be written in full.
- do not use concealers
- without erasures or amendments in the text
- verbs in the past perfect tense.
If the drafter of the minutes makes any error during the production of the same, he must use a rectifying particle in the text, such as: “On the twenty days of the month of June, I mean, of August, two thousand and sixteen…”.
However, if the error is only noticed after the minutes are drawn up, the correction must be made in the form of an erratum. For example: "Where you read June, read August".
From its figurative sense, a record can also represent a report, chronicle or review made in narrative format and based on true and factual events.
Some of the main synonyms of minutes are: summary, summary, record and report.