However, I think my friend summed this book up very well: "They gave law students a book telling us that it's bad to write like law students.
So basically it's telling us to write how we already write. View all 3 comments. Jun 13, Rachel rated it really liked it Shelves: law. Short, simple guidance with lots of examples and exercises. Jan 11, Mayor McCheese rated it did not like it. I pity the person who cares what the rules say and I pity the person who has to care about the rules because of what the employer says. I cannot give this book of rules more than 1 star. Jan 02, Kersten rated it really liked it Shelves: law-school-reading , adult , nonfiction.
Good rules that everyone should be taught from the beginning, but a lot unfortunately aren't , and some exercises so you can apply what you're learning. Feb 24, Brian rated it really liked it Shelves: non-fiction , law. Good rules and some useful practice problems. Jul 31, John Yelverton rated it it was ok. Even a book with a simple title like this is hacked to pieces by lawyerisms.
Sep 30, Adrienna rated it liked it Shelves: adrienna-reads , law-legal , writing-resource-book , owned-book. Only had two assignments for class this semester and only viewed it for the first PEL assignment, not for the second.
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Be the first to start one ». Readers also enjoyed. About Richard C. Richard C. Books by Richard C. Jodi Picoult never intended to write a book about the pandemic. Read more Trivia About Plain English for No trivia or quizzes yet. Add some now ». Quotes from Plain English for We use eight words to say what could be said in two. Replete with common sense and wit, the book draws on real-life writing samples that Garner has gathered through more than a decade of teaching in the field.
Trenchant advice covers all types of legal materials, from analytical and persuasive writing to legal drafting. Meanwhile, Garner explores important aspects of document design. Basic, intermediate, and advanced exercises in each section reinforce the book's principles. An answer key to basic exercises is included in the book; answers to intermediate and advanced exercises are provided in a separate Instructor's Manual, free of charge to instructors.
Appendixes include a comprehensive punctuation guide with advice and examples, and four model documents. Today more than ever before, legal professionals cannot afford to ignore the trend toward clear language shorn of jargon. Clients demand it, and courts reward it. Despite the age-old tradition of poor writing in law, Legal Writing in Plain English shows how legal writers can unshackle themselves. From her "Funeral for Legalese" through her "Editing Checklist," Carol Ann Wilson convinces her readers that lawyers should rid their writing of legalese and that lawyers' assistants can help.
Although many definitions for plain language exist, it is best described as reader-focused communication that presents information in a manner that makes it easy for a reader to find, understand, and use the information. Plain language facilitates comprehension by using shorter, less complex sentences; active voice; and common words. All these elements aid in processing and understanding information, especially unfamiliar concepts.
Laypeople, unversed in the law, frequently have difficulty understanding traditional legal writing. The complex sentences, wordiness, and redundancy that characterize traditional legal writing often inhibit comprehension and become barriers to understanding.
To demonstrate how plain language can improve legal writing, this thesis reviews before-and-after versions of documents that were revised to incorporate plain language as well as common documents that laypeople might encounter. The studies and research discussed in this thesis demonstrate that readers achieve greater comprehension with plain language documents.
Technical communicators, the language experts, can work with legal professionals, the content experts, to help encourage plain language use in legal writing. By emphasizing plain language use in legal formbooks, law school courses, and continuing legal education courses, plain language will become more dominant.
Technical communicators can work with governments and law firms to develop and run in-house writing programs. When organizations realize how plain language can benefit them, both economically as well as in improved consumer relations, they will be motivated to adopt plain language into their legal writing.
There are new chapters discussing customer-service writing and common blunders in the workplace, while other sections have been amended to update examples and provide easier routes through the book. The chapter on sexism, in particular, has been heavily expanded to advise on the use of inclusive language in general. A new appendix has also been added, summarising the history of plain English from Chaucer to the present day.
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There are literally dozens of competing titles on the market, but none can match The Complete Guide to Selling a Business for sheer depth, accuracy and ease of use. Download The Indian Archipelago books ,. View 2 excerpts, cites background. Plain English in the law — a new model for the 21st century. A myth about legalese is that it is necessary for certainty … Expand.
Variation in the use of modality in legislative texts: Focus on shall. Abstract On account of objections to its use in legislation raised by experts and Plain Language advocates, shall has disappeared from legislative texts in some jurisdictions and is used ever more … Expand. Plain English and legal writing: Comparing expert and novice writers. Abstract Language-focused materials for teaching professional legal writing to second language writers of English in U. Participle based "-ediy" Adverbs in Legal Discourse.
Developing legal writing materials for English second language learners: problems and perspectives. Although in recent years we have seen a significant increase in the development of resources for legal writing, very few of them are targeted at second language learners.
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