WRITING BRIEFS
do not know the rules of grammar.
The inexpert hand is obvious when
a comma lurks in the middle of a
sentence to signal a breath the writer
took when he wrote it. Commas
have specific uses. A breath in the
sentence is not one of them. But
the real bombs setting off disaster
are semi-colons and colons. These
artifacts seem to be as unknown as
law libraries. These two combined
have fewer uses than commas –
presumably making them easier
to understand – but seem to be
overwhelming
more
misused.
Simple sentences create simple
beauty. Punctuation marks, much
like peppers, heat up important
points that the judge’s eyes must
...
Rain or shine.
National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
see and remember. Your sentences
and the meaning contained in
each become more effective when
you know the tools to control the
sentence. This, in turn, highlights
the punch from each point heading
and the author’s credibility and
command of the law.
Winter 2015
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