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Index
Cover
Title Page
Contents
About the Author
Preface
PLAIN WORDS
THE COMPLETE PLAIN WORDS REVISED
THE RELEVANCE OF THE ORIGINAL BOOK TODAY
BRINGING PLAIN WORDS UP TO DATE
Plain Words
I: Prologue
II: A Digression on Legal English
III: The Elements
IV: Correctness
WORDS AND PHRASES OFTEN USED INCORRECTLY
NOTE. SOME CURRENT EXAMPLES
SOME POINTS OF IDIOM
A FEW POINTS OF SPELLING
V: The Choice of Words (1): Introductory
VI: The Choice of Words (2): Avoiding the superfluous word
VERBOSITY IN ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
VERBOSITY IN PREPOSITIONS
VERBOSITY IN ADVERBIAL AND OTHER PHRASES
VERBOSITY IN AUXILIARY VERBS
VERBOSITY IN PHRASAL VERBS
OVERLAPPING
QUALIFICATION OF ABSOLUTES
PADDING
VII: The Choice of Words (3): Choosing the familiar word
JARGON AND LEGAL LANGUAGE
VIII: The Choice of Words (4): Choosing the precise word
THE LURE OF THE ABSTRACT WORD
POSITION AND SITUATION
THE ABSTRACT APPENDAGE
THE HEADLINE PHRASE
ABSTRACT ADJECTIVAL PHRASES
CLICHÉS AND OVERWORKED METAPHORS
OVERWORKED WORDS OFTEN USED IMPRECISELY
IX: The Handling of Words
TROUBLES IN ARRANGEMENT
TROUBLES WITH CONJUNCTIONS
TROUBLES WITH NEGATIVES
TROUBLES WITH NUMBER
TROUBLES WITH PREPOSITIONS
TROUBLES WITH PRONOUNS
TROUBLES WITH VERBS
X: Punctuation
APOSTROPHE
CAPITALS
COMMA
DASH
FULL STOP
HYPHEN
INVERTED COMMAS
PARAGRAPHS
PARENTHESIS
QUESTION MARKS
SEMICOLON
SENTENCES
XI: Epilogue
Appendix: Legal English cannot be pretty if it is to serve its purpose
Follow Penguin
Copyright Page
Footnotes
Preface
Page xiv
Page xv
Page xxvii
II: A Digression on Legal English
Page 13
Page 14
III: The Elements
Page 22
Page 29
Page 31
IV: Correctness
Page 40
Page 41
Page 42
Page 44
Page 53
V: The Choice of Words (1): Introductory
Page 74
Page 75
Page 77
Page 79
Page 84
VI: The Choice of Words (2): Avoiding the superfluous word
Page 90
Page 99
Page 111
Page 112
Page 113
VII: The Choice of Words (3): Choosing the familiar word
Page 120
Page 121
Page 123
VIII: The Choice of Words (4): Choosing the precise word
Page 145
Page 150
Page 151
Page 152
IX: The Handling of Words
Page 168
Page 169
Page 173
Page 179
Page 183
Page 185
Page 197
Page 202
Page 204
Page 216
Page 217
Page 219
Page 222
X: Punctuation
Page 239
Page 245
Page 251
Page 254
Page 259
Page 263
XI: Epilogue
Page 269
Page 270
Appendix: Legal English cannot be pretty if it is to serve its purpose
Page 274
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