The Legal Writing Handbook Practice Book,9780735524897

The Legal Writing Handbook Practice Book

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Edition: 3rd
ISBN13: 9780735524897
ISBN10: 0735524890
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-04-01
Publisher(s): Wolters Kluwer
List Price: $41.27

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Table of Contents

Effective Paragraphs
Paragraph Length
3(1)
Paragraph Length
4(2)
Topic Sentences
6(1)
Topic and Concluding Sentences
7(1)
Paragraph Blocks
7(9)
Paragraph Blocks
16(1)
Paragraph Length
17(2)
Connections Between Sentences
Generic Transitions
19(6)
Dovetailing
25(2)
Dovetailing
27(1)
All Transitions
28(2)
All Transitions
30(3)
Effective Sentences
Active and Passive Voice
33(1)
Passive Voice
34(2)
Passive Voice
36(2)
Concrete Subjects
38(1)
Action Verbs
39(2)
Subject-Verb Distance
41(2)
Subject-Verb Review
43(1)
Sentence Length
44(3)
Sentence Length
47(1)
Sentences Review
48(1)
Sentences Review
49(2)
Emphasis
51(2)
Single Word Emphasizers
53(2)
Changing Word Order
55(1)
Breaking a Pattern
56(2)
Emphasis Application
59(3)
Effective Words
Word Choice
61(2)
Consistent Terms
63(1)
Appropriate Comparisons
64(2)
Subject--Verb--Object Combinations
66(2)
Grammatical Ambiguities
68(1)
Conciseness
68(3)
Conciseness
71(2)
Conciseness
73(4)
Conciseness Review
77(2)
Conciseness Review
79(2)
Legalese
81(1)
Nonsexist Language
82(1)
Nonsexist Language
83(3)
Nonsexist Language
86(1)
Grammar
Fragments
87(1)
Fragments
87(3)
Fragments Review
90(2)
Verb Tense
92(2)
Verb Tense
94(1)
Subject-Verb Agreement
95(4)
Pronoun Agreement
99(4)
Ambiguous Pronouns
103(2)
Broad Pronoun Reference
105(3)
Pronoun Antecedents
108(1)
Pronoun Review
109(1)
Modifier Placement
110(1)
Modifier Placement
110(1)
Misplaced Modifiers
111(2)
Dangling Modifiers
113(2)
Parallelism
115(2)
Parallelism
117(8)
Punctuation
Commas (Rule 1)
125(2)
Commas (Rule 2)
127(1)
Commas (Rule 3)
128(1)
Commas (Rule 4)
129(2)
Commas (Rule 4)
131(1)
Commas (Rules 5 and 6)
132(2)
Commas (Rules 7 and 8)
134(2)
Commas (Rules 9 and 10)
136(1)
Commas (Rules 11 and 12)
137(2)
Commas (Rules 13, 14, and 15)
139(2)
Unnecessary Commas (Rule 16)
141(2)
Unnecessary Commas
143(2)
Comma Review
145(3)
Comma Review
148(2)
Semicolons
150(1)
Semicolons
151(2)
Semicolons
153(2)
Semicolon Review
155(2)
Semicolon Review
157(2)
Colons
159(2)
Apostrophe
161(1)
Apostrophe
162(1)
Apostrophe
162(2)
Other Punctuation
164(3)
Hyphens
167(1)
Hyphens
168(1)
Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
169(2)
Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
171

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