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FOREWORD Chapter One. Grammar and Meaning 1. Punctuation of Restrictive and Non-restrictive Relative Clauses 2. Case of the Relative Pronoun ("Who/Whom") 3. Case of Personal Pronouns (I/Me, He/Him, She/Her, They/ Them) 4. The Dangling Modifier 5. Squinting Modifiers and Split Infinitives 6. Sentence Fragments 7. Run-On Sentences 8. The Semi-Colon/Comma Choice 9. The Colon 10. The Possessive Apostrophe 11. Number Errors 12. The Extra "That," Other Redundancies, and Some Deletions 13. Count and Non-count Nouns Chapter Two. Legal Style A. Techniques to Use 1. Place Words in Their Best Order 2. Make Lists 3. Use Parallelism 4. Choose Connectors Carefully 5. Match Nouns and Verbs 6. Prefer the Active Voice 7. Use Concrete Language 8. Keep Your Sentences Clear B. Pitfalls to Avoid 1. Jargon 2. The Long Wind-Up 3. Metaphor-osis 4. Impossible Comparisons 5. Vague Referents 6. Expletives 7. Problem Words a. Confusing Pairs b. Words With More Than One Meaning c. Vague and Vogue Words Chapter Two. Legal Style--Continued d. Words With Special Legal Meanings e. Words Denoting Useful Distinctions 8. Shifts in Viewpoint 9. The Ambiguous Negative 10. "Elegant Variation" and "Legerdemain With Two Senses" Chapter Three. Organization A. The Outline 1. Preparing the Outline 2. Writing From the Outline B. Paragraphing 1. Why Paragraph? 2. Paragraph Organization and Development a. Definition b. Classification c. Process d. Illustration e. Cause and Effect f. Comparison and Contrast g. Induction h. Deduction C. Coherence 1. Use Chronological Development 2. Use Logical Development 3. Avoid Hysteron-Proteron 4. Use Transition Words and Phrases D. Sentence Construction 1. Classification by Function 2. Classification by Grammar 3. Classification by Style Chapter Four. Case Analysis and Argumentation A. Briefing B. Analogizing C. Synthesizing Chapter Five. Expository Techniques A. Examsmanship 1. Preparing for the Final Examination 2. Taking the Final Examination 3. Some Caveats B. Logical Fallacies Chapter Six. Problems and Answers for Writing Practice Appendix Index |