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	A rule that should strike fear into two sorts of people: those who are not [[good egg]]s~~, who~~ do not heed the {{tag\|Latin}} maxim ''[[non mentula esse]]'', and those whose command of the English language is flakey enough that they can’t write down, simply and clearly, what they mean.		A rule that should strike fear into two sorts of people: those who are not [[good egg]]s and do not heed the {{tag\|Latin}} maxim ''[[non mentula esse]]'', and those whose command of the English language is flakey enough that they can’t write down, simply and clearly, what they mean.

	Of course, the more an [[Mediocre lawyer\|attorney]] mistrusts {{sex\|her}} own use of the language, the more convoluted {{sex\|she}} tends to make it (there’s nothing quite like a good {{tag\|flannel}}ing to gloss over one’s literary shortcomings), and the more likely the [[contra proferentem]] rule is apt to step her in the face.		Of course, the more an [[Mediocre lawyer\|attorney]] mistrusts {{sex\|her}} own use of the language, the more convoluted {{sex\|she}} tends to make it (there’s nothing quite like a good {{tag\|flannel}}ing to gloss over one’s literary shortcomings), and the more likely the [[contra proferentem]] rule is apt to step her in the face.