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• Title:Writing sentences that work : essentials for law students / by David Boelzner.
  
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• Author/Creator:Boelzner, David, author.
  
• Published/Created:Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, LLC, [2022]
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: K94 .B64 2022
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Legal composition.
  English language--Sentences.
  
• Description:xix, 142 pages ; 22 cm
  
• Summary:"Lawyers (and future lawyers) do not have to be poets or novelists, but they must be able to construct prose that is clear, accurate, and concise. Law students often lack a sound understanding of how the English language operates in the functional way that is necessary to construct good sentences. They also often lack understanding of key concepts of grammar and mechanics. Writing Sentences that Work: Essentials for Law Students targets these common deficiencies. Based on the author's more than fifteen years of teaching experience and thirty years of law practice, the book focuses on the most common problems students have and explains why they are problems-i.e., why these errors interfere with the reader's immediate comprehension, thus impeding the lawyer's mission. The book then explains how to correct the errors and provides related practice exercises. Key concepts of grammar and mechanics are explained to provide students the conceptual understanding and the vocabulary necessary to comprehend the solutions to common problems"-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781531024307 (paperback)
  1531024300
  9781531024314 (ebook)
  
• Contents:To the student : the importance of effective sentences (and what I mean by "effective")
  Orientation : a few necessary concepts
  Problem 1 : misplaced modifiers and other faulty syntax
  Problem 2 : mishandled clauses
  Problem 3 : neglect or misuse of verbs/verbals
  Problem 4 : inexact word choice
  Problem 5 : misuse or non-use of pronouns
  Problem 6 : punctuation
  Problem 7 : incorrect or ineffective sentence structure
  Problem 8 : often-confused word/phrase pairs.