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{{a|plainenglish|{{image|Knee-slide|jpg|Your [[legal eagle]] in the midst of a [[swept-back wing knee-slide]], yesterday.}}}}A two-word ''motif'' that, as much as any other, belies an [[Mediocre lawyer|attorney]]’s dark existential fear of {{sex|her}} own language. | {{a|plainenglish|{{image|Knee-slide|jpg|Your [[legal eagle]] in the midst of a [[swept-back wing knee-slide]], yesterday.}}}}A two-word ''motif'' that, as much as any other, belies an [[Mediocre lawyer|attorney]]’s dark existential fear of {{sex|her}} own language. | ||
(If any) 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. But it is an edifice that one can yet miraculously affix to the firmament with this single wipe of {{tag|flannel}}: | |||
{{quote|“''[blah blah blah]'' ... together with the amount, ([[if any]]), that the Vendor incurs ... ''[blah blah blah ad infinitum]''”}} | {{quote|“''[blah blah blah]'' ... together with the amount, ([[if any]]), that the Vendor incurs ... ''[blah blah blah ad infinitum]''”}} | ||
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Wouldn’t it be neater to drop in that any when you first needed it? | Wouldn’t it be neater to drop in that any when you first needed it? | ||
{{quote|“ | {{quote|“ ... together with '''any''' amount the Vendor incurs... ”}} | ||
Why add that inessential, parenthetical adjectival clause? | Why add that inessential, parenthetical adjectival clause? | ||