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• Title:The (not too serious) grammar, punctuation, and style guide to legal writing / by Diana J. Simon.
  
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• Author/Creator:Simon, Diana J., author.
  
• Published/Created:Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, LLC, [2023]
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KF250 .S536 2023
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Legal composition.
  
• Description:xi, 203 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  
• Summary:"An autobiographical and educational book that conveys lessons about grammar, style, and legal writing skills through the use of personal anecdotes from a legal writing professor"-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781531024772 (paperback)
  1531024777
  9781531024789 (ebook)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Why This Matters
  2. Harry Potter and the Sinful Comma Splice
  A. Short History and Explanation of the Comma Splice
  B. Courts Care About Them
  C. Examples of Comma Splices and How to Fix Them
  D. Exceptions to the No Comma Splice Rule
  3. Semicolons Are Like Kale: Some Writers Like Them and Some Don't, But They Are Good for You If You Know How to Use Them
  A. Divisive Symbol
  B. Power of the Semicolon
  C. When to Use Semicolons
  and When to Avoid Them
  4. It Has Ruined Lives, Polarized People, and Cost Companies Millions of Dollars: Say Hello to the Serial Comma
  A. Serial, Oxford, or Harvard?
  B. Proponents, Opponents, and Fence Sitters
  C. For Want of a Comma
  D. Some Serial Commas Are Less Correct Than Others
  5. Double Life of the Apostrophe
  A. Brief History
  B. Apostrophes and Contractions
  C. Apostrophes and the Possessive Use
  1. Use with a Singular Noun That Does Not End in S
  2. Use with Words That End in S
  3. Joint and Individual Possession
  4. Attorneys' Fees
  D. Apostrophes Become Embroiled in Lawsuits
  E. Political Side of Apostrophes
  F. U.S. Supreme Court, the Apostrophe, and Words Ending in S
  6. Purple People-Eaters, Muttons, and Nuts: Hyphens, Em Dashes, and En Dashes
  A. Hyphens and Purple People-Eaters
  B. When to Use a Hyphen and When Not To
  C. Em Dashes
  1. Opposing Views of Em Dashes
  2. Legal Writers Use Em Dashes
  3. Guidelines for Usage
  4. How to Insert an Em Dash
  D. En Dashes
  1. How to Insert an En Dash
  7. Three Nouns Walk into a Bar
  A. Using "It"
  B. "It" with Non-Humans
  C. Using "They" as a Singular Pronoun
  D. Situations Where "They" Should Be Avoided
  E. Non-Binary or Transgender Client
  8. Lowercase, Uppercase, and CamelCase
  A. Shortest Ever History Lesson
  B. Capitalization Trends
  C. Legal Writing Views
  D. Key Capitalization Issues
  E. Capitalization of "Court"
  F. Capitalization of Parties
  G. Capitalization of Names of Documents
  H. Capitalization of Headings
  I. Other Situations
  1. Capitalization of Proper Noun but Not the Adjective
  2. Capitalization of Titles
  3. Defined Terms and Acronyms
  J. CamelCase
  9. Smart, Single, Ambidextrous and Looking to Pair Up: Quotations
  A. One Rule of Thumb: Do Not Overquote
  B. Common Situations Where Quotations Are Appropriate
  1. Statutes, Rules, Contracts, and the Like
  2. Common Law Legal Tests
  3. Magical Language
  4. Other Situations Where Quoting Is Appropriate
  C. Rules Applying to Quotations
  1. Accuracy
  2. Block Quotations and Lead-ins
  3. Punctuation with Quotation Marks
  4. Ellipses, Brackets, and Italics
  5. Sic
  6. Quotations Within Quotations
  7. Types of Quotation Marks
  D. Cleaned-Up Quotations
  10. Zebra Crossings, Railroad Tracks, and Parallel Bars: Why You Should Use Parallel Construction in Your Writing
  A. What Is Parallelism?
  B. Examples of Parallelism
  C. Parallelism in Legal Writing
  D. How to Write Using Parallel Construction
  11. Benefits of Active Voice: How to Write Like James Bond, the Black Panther, and Wonder Woman
  A. Everyone Loves Active Voice
  B. Passive Voice Is Loved Only by Rascals
  C. Brief and Clear Case for Active Voice
  D. How Passive Voice Can Be Fixed by Zombies
  12. Your Writing Should Not Feel Like Riding in an ATV: Transitions Can Smooth the Path
  A. What Is a Transition?
  B. Science Behind Transitions
  C. Transitions in Legal Writing
  1. Linking Transitions
  2. Substantive Transitions
  a. Repetition Transition
  b. Restatement Transition
  c. Roadmap Transition
  3. Magic of Three
  Sequencing Using First, Second, and Third
  13. Explanatory Parentheticals: The Short Stories of Legal Writing
  A. Power of the Story
  B. Examples of Effective Parentheticals
  C. Common Mistakes
  D. Style Guidelines for Parentheticals.