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*“[[But]]” becomes, “[[notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing]]”. | *“[[But]]” becomes, “[[notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing]]”. | ||
*[[and]] becomes, “[[in addition to]]” | *“[[and]]” becomes, “[[in addition to]]”; | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:32, 12 July 2018
One of those long, windy and tiresome strings of words one confects to replace a conjunction.
For example:
- “But” becomes, “notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing”.
- “and” becomes, “in addition to”;
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