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{{pe}}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|pe|[[File:Knee-slide.jpg|450px|Thumb|}}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}}. | ||
{{plain|each {{csaprov|Other CSA}}, [[if any]],|''any'' {{csaprov|Other CSA}}}} | {{plain|each {{csaprov|Other CSA}}, [[if any]],|''any'' {{csaprov|Other CSA}}}} | ||
See how it stymies your sentence’s natural flow, but | See how it stymies your sentence’s natural flow? That may graunch your gears, but to your [[Mediocre lawyer|happy counsel]] it is ''pointilliste'': a percussive motif; 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 “who’s the most anal lawyer” in the negotiation. Appending that, sole, comment 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. True [[ninja]] [[legal eagle]] points only accrue to that curmudgeonly bugger on the other side — in your correspondent’s mind, it would be he — who, with poker face and jaw set coolly against the ticking clock, invokes the [[anal paradox]] and strikes your piffling amendment, citing only the interests of elegant and legible prose. | |||
==={{icds}} show you how to do it=== | ==={{icds}} show you how to do it=== | ||
Rejoice in this recently-minted example from | 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)}}}} | {{subtable|{{ISDA English Law Credit Support Annex 2016 1(b)}}}} | ||
{{sa}} | {{sa}} | ||
*[[Anal paradox]] | |||
*[[Or any part thereof]] | *[[Or any part thereof]] | ||
*[[Entire agreement]] | *[[Entire agreement]] | ||
*[[Counterparts]] | *[[Counterparts]] |