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Clear, concise, and effective English for law students, bar examinees, and legal writers in organizations, private companies, and government offices (... 13 Aug 2013 | 02:44 am
Australian Securities and Investment Commission: “Regulatory Guide 228 Prospectuses: Effective disclosure for retail investors” (November 2011) Use the active voice Use direct language (personal pron...
Clear, concise, and effective English for law students, bar examinees, and legal writers in organizations, private companies, and government offices (... 12 Aug 2013 | 01:35 am
Garner is editor in chief of Black’s Law Dictionary and Distinguished Research Professor of Law at Southern Methodist University Law School. He is the president of LawProse Inc. through which he has t...
Clear, concise, and effective English for law students, bar examinees, and legal writers in organizations, private companies, and government offices (... 11 Aug 2013 | 05:05 am
[1] Avoid dummy subjects or expletive constructions such as It is ... It appears ... There is ... There are ... It will be ... Examples from “A Handbook for Writers In the U.S. Federal Governmen...
Clear, concise, and effective English for law students, bar examinees, and legal writers in organizations, private companies, and government offices (... 10 Aug 2013 | 05:07 am
[1] A hidden verb is a verb converted into a noun. It often needs an extra verb to make sense. So we write, “Please make an application for a personal loan” rather than “Please apply for a personal lo...
Clear, concise, and effective English for law students, bar examinees, and legal writers in organizations, private companies, and government offices (... 5 Aug 2013 | 03:58 am
[1] Louis-Philippe Pigeon, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada: “And/or” seems to be used by writers whose main concern is to appear erudite. In my opinion, quite the opposite impression is...
Clear, concise, and effective English for law students, bar examinees, and legal writers in organizations, private companies, and government offices (... 2 Aug 2013 | 03:39 am
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) was officially born on September 30, 1961. It has 34 member-countries that account for 80% of world trade and investment. These member...
Clear, concise, and effective English for law students, bar examinees, and legal writers in organizations, private companies, and government offices (... 31 Jul 2013 | 05:35 am
Traditional writing uses masculine pronouns like “he” or “his” to refer to both men and women. “Gender-neutral” language, on the other hand, uses “he or she,” “his or her,” “he/she,” and “his/her.” T...
Clear, concise, and effective English for law students, bar examinees, and legal writers in organizations, private companies, and government offices (... 14 Jun 2013 | 02:00 am
[1] “Clear Writing” from the ADB Handbook of Style and Usage (2011 edition, pages 11 to 22) [2] In “Using Plain English” (Knowledge Solutions, October 2008), ADB’s Olivier Serrat urges writers to: S...
Clear, concise, and effective English for law students, bar examinees, and legal writers in organizations, private companies, and government offices (... 13 Jun 2013 | 03:00 am
[1] “Guidelines for Drafting and Editing Court Rules” by Bryan A. Garner (used in the Plain Language-restyling of the 1998 US Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure) Avoid interruptive phrases between ...
Clear, concise, and effective English for law students, bar examinees, and legal writers in organizations, private companies, and government offices (... 12 Jun 2013 | 03:00 am
[1] A sentence is in the active voice if the subject performs the action expressed in the verb. For example: The dog bit the boy. (Active voice) The boy was bitten by the dog. (Passive voice) [2] R...
