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-A two-word motif that, as much as any other, belies an [[Mediocre lawyer|attorney]]’s deep existential fear of his own language. It speaks of a nervousness that, should a dependent clause bite on something that isn’t there, somehow the whole linguistic edifice will come crashing down; en edifice that can yet miraculously be affixed to the firmament with this single wipe of the [[mediocre lawyer|attorney]]’s {{tag|flannel}}.
+{{a|plainenglish|{{image|Knee-slide|jpg|Your [[legal eagle]] in the midst of a [[swept-back wing knee-slide]], yesterday.}}}}A two-word ''motif'' that, as much as any other, belies an [[Mediocre lawyer|attorney]]’s dark existential fear of {{sex|her}} own language.
-{{plain|each {{csaprov|Other CSA}}, [[if any]],|''any'' {{csaprov|Other CSA}}}}
+(If any) speaks of a nervousness that, should a [[dependent clause]] bite on something that isn’t there, somehow the whole linguistic edifice will come crashing down. But it is an edifice that one can yet miraculously affix to the firmament with this single wipe of {{tag|flannel}}:
-See how it stymies your sentence’s natural flow, but remember: to the [[Mediocre lawyer|happy counsel]] it is a percussive feature; a syncopated rim-shot in the great jungle beat of the law.
+{{quote|“''[blah blah blah]'' ... together with the amount, ([[if any]]), that the Vendor incurs ... ''[blah blah blah ad infinitum]''”}}
-Rejoice in this recently-minted example from the brow of those excellent folk at {{tagISDA}}:
+See how it stymies the natural flow of your sentence? As if you slammed on the handbrake, pulled a 180, drove 50 yards back the way you’ve just come, got out and shouted at someone, then got back in, slammed the door, turned around and carried on in your original direction?
-{{box|
-{{ISDA English Law Credit Support Annex 2016 1(b)}}
+Wouldn’t it be neater to drop in that “any” when you first needed it?
-}}
+{{quote|“ ... together with '''any''' amount the Vendor incurs... ”}}
+Why add that inessential, parenthetical adjectival clause?
+To you laypeople out there, it may grind your gears, but to a [[legal eagle|happy counsel]] it is ''rhythm''. It is ''pointilliste'': a percussive refrain; a syncopated rim-shot in the great jungle beat of the law.
+===[[In your face]]===
+[[If any]], like “[[or any part thereof]]”, is a neat exclamation point if you want to get the last word in a round of “[[Anal paradox|most anal lawyer]]” in the room. Appending that comment, by itself, to a sheaf in 5.5pt font and [[fax]]ing it back an hour before the deal is due to close entitles one to a [[swept-back wing knee-slide]]. But, really, that is a cheap thrill — inserting late-breaking trifles is shooting fish in a barrel. It brings no inner peace. Not much, anyway.
+No; true ninja [[legal eagle]] points only accrue to the curmudgeonly sod on the ''other'' side — the [[JC]] likes to think it would be someone like him — who, with poker face and jaw set coolly against the ticking clock, regards your facile markup and rails against its tyrannous [[anal paradox]]. He strikes that piffling amendment, citing the sacred interest of elegant prose, saying ''this will not do''. His priapic [[sales]] colleagues, seeing a fiscal bedding slipping away from them as surely as sand drains from the hourglass, can only gape.
+==={{icds}} show you how to do it===
+Rejoice in this recently-minted example of an “[[if any]]” infestation from those excellent folk in the elite derivative forces of {{icds}}:
+{{subtable|{{ISDA English Law Credit Support Annex 2016 1(b)}}}}
+{{sa}}
+*[[Anal paradox]]
+*[[Or any part thereof]]
+*[[Entire agreement]]
+*[[Counterparts]]