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A word describing a {{tag|noun}}. Adjectives are generally eschewed in legal drafting, but not quite as assiduously as are {{tag|adverb}}s (which — having only literary, but not forensic, merit — are are viewed with abject horror). [[Adjective]]s, being a necessary evil, engender only distaste. | {{pe}}A word describing a {{tag|noun}}. Adjectives are generally eschewed in legal drafting, but not quite as assiduously as are {{tag|adverb}}s (which — having only literary, but not forensic, merit — are are viewed with abject horror). [[Adjective]]s, being a necessary evil, engender only distaste. | ||
Adjectives can be handy, even to a curmudgeon. In rare cases they carry all the semantic content of an adjectival phrase. If you take the adjectives out of “a [[commercially reasonable manner]]” you are not left with much at all: An entreaty that parties “shall act in a manner at all times” would irk even the most punctilious [[mediocre lawyer|attorney]]. | Adjectives can be handy, even to a curmudgeon. In rare cases they carry all the semantic content of an adjectival phrase. If you take the adjectives out of “a [[commercially reasonable manner]]” you are not left with much at all: An entreaty that parties “shall act in a manner at all times” would irk even the most punctilious [[mediocre lawyer|attorney]]. | ||