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{{a|plainenglish|}}{{br|A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting}} is such a beautifully ironic title — rather like writing '''{{font|Comic Sans MS}}How to be Cool{{font|georgia}}''' in Comic Sans — that we can’t resist wondering how much more clumsy its title might have been had | {{a|plainenglish|}}{{br|A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting}} is such a beautifully ironic title — rather like writing '''{{font|Comic Sans MS}}How to be Cool{{font|georgia}}''' in Comic Sans — that we can’t resist wondering how much more clumsy its title might have been had its author had the chutzpah — or the basic sense of irony that he seems to lack — to really push the boat out. ''A Manual of Style, Concision and/or Brevity in the Drafting of Contracts and Non-Contractual Obligations Arising Out Of or in Connection Therewith'' might have been fun, for example. I guess there’s always the next edition. | ||
We can tease, but Mr. Adams ploughs a lonely furrow, single-handedly taking the fight for elegant drafting to his countrymen and women. As he goes, he is by necessity surrounded by attorneys whose favourite language game is complicating simple ideas. | We can tease, but Mr. Adams ploughs a lonely furrow, single-handedly taking the fight for elegant drafting to his countrymen and women. As he goes, he is by necessity surrounded by attorneys whose favourite language game is complicating simple ideas. | ||