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:“''[blah blah blah] ...either [[alone or together]] with the amount, [[if any]], referred to in clause (2) below... [blah blah blah ad infinitum]''” | :“''[blah blah blah] ...either [[alone or together]] with the amount, [[if any]], referred to in clause (2) below... [blah blah blah ad infinitum]''” | ||
See how it stymies your sentence’s natural flow? | See how it stymies your sentence’s natural flow? wouldn't it be neater to say “''together with '''any''' amount''”? Why add that none essential adjectival clause? If, like the [[JC]], you fancy yourself a prose stylist it may graunch your gears, but to your [[Mediocre lawyer|happy counsel]] it is ''pointilliste'': a percussive refrain; a syncopated rim-shot in the great jungle beat of the law. | ||
===[[In your face]]=== | ===[[In your face]]=== | ||