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*[[By]] — [[passive]] tense. Write in the active, with energy, and in a way that clearly assigns and accepts responsibility | |||
*[[Of]] | *[[Of]] — nominalisation, adjectivisation | ||
*[[Shall]] | *[[Shall]] — fusty old language | ||
*[[And/or]] | *[[And/or]] — nervous laungage | ||
*[[ | *[[verb]] — complicated sentence constructions (because the simple verb (give, do, be, make, have) is usually accompanied by a noun that could itself have been a verb | ||
*[[Without limitation]] | *[[Without limitation]] — parentheticals that by definition do not add anything. | ||
*[[Leverage]] | *[[Leverage]] — jargon that is designed to make the writer look wise, and not the reader enlightened. | ||
*[[For the avoidance of doubt]] | *[[For the avoidance of doubt]] — writing that fails to avoid doubt in the first place. | ||
*[[Writing for a judge]] | *[[Writing for a judge]] — question motivation for writing this way. | ||
*[[May]] — don’t confer entitlements that the parties had in any case. Don’t say a thing more than is necessary. Don’t overcommunicate. ''Less is more''. | |||