Law Practice
May 28, 2002
Get to the Point, Using Words That Work
Dicta Column - By Robert M. Unterberger - Much of my practice is spent editing the unfortunate word choices, clauses and malapropisms of otherwise articulate lawyers. For example, lawyers too often use easy words in their everyday conversations but for some reason formalize them when they draft pleadings, to the detriment of their writing. They say "start," "car" and "find" but write "commence," "motor vehicle" and "deem."
Dicta Column
By Robert M. Unterberger
Much of my practice is spent editing the unfortunate word choices, clauses and malapropisms of otherwise articulate lawyers. For example, lawyers too often use easy words in their everyday conversations ...
By Robert M. Unterberger
Much of my practice is spent editing the unfortunate word choices, clauses and malapropisms of otherwise articulate lawyers. For example, lawyers too often use easy words in their everyday conversations ...
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