We've been meaning to post this list of links to the language essays of Robert Cumbow for ages. He's a lawyer in our home town of Seattle. Enjoy!
Top 10 Writing Errors for Law Students (and Lawyers) to Improve Upon in 2003
Our Friend "That"
Pet Peeves
This Wonderful World of Words
"Only," the Lonely
Commonest Errors in Contract Drafting
Using That Word
Those Troublesome Twins
Words About Words
Got grammar?
The Language of Law
Not Just for Decoration
Seven Types of Ambiguity . . . More or Less
News from the Trenches in the War of the Words
Notes from Between the Cracks
Trends: Healthy (or Healthful) and Otherwise
Bye-Bye, Bi and Other Thoughts on the State of the Language
Pet Peeves Redux
Peeves Beget Peeves
Media-ese and Other Offenses
2 comments:
Thank you!
I open my monthly copy of the WSBA Bar News for two reasons:
1. Mr. Cumbow's articles, and
2. to make certain I have not been disbarred in the last 30 days.
I miss my hometown Seattle!
I'm so glad you enjoy these as much as I do!
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