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- Title
DICTION: HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD (AND WHY).
- Authors
BACHARAC, HON. ROBERT E.
- Abstract
Legal Writing: A Judge's Perspective on the Science and Rhetoric of the Written Word (ABA 2020) is a unique book on legal writing. For example, consider this sentence, which properly uses the word "comprises": "The Wiretap Act's definition of "interception" comprises packet-switch technology as well as circuit-switch technology."10 We know that this usage is proper because we can mentally substitute "includes" or "contains" for the word "comprises." Mark Twain once quipped: "The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter -- 'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning."1 Given Twain's admonition on the important task of selecting the right words, Judge Bacharach provides guidance in this excerpt from Legal Writing.
- Subjects
DICTION; COMPUTATIONAL linguistics; FLUENCY (Language learning); VOCABULARY; VERBS; HORSE paces, gaits, etc.; LEGAL education
- Publication
Brief, 2021, Vol 50, Issue 3, p58
- ISSN
0273-0995
- Publication type
Article