Guidelines for Drafting and Editing Contracts by Bryan A. Garner

Guidelines for Drafting and Editing Contracts by Bryan A. Garner

Author:Bryan A. Garner
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
ISBN: 9781642426694
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Published: 2019-05-08T21:00:00+00:00


We’re after efficient communication and error prevention. Thirty-three percent is slower, more cumbersome, and more prone to error than 33%. And § 6.4(a) is quicker and more reliable than subdivision (a) of section 6.4.

Although some argue that “§” is alien to the general public and therefore confusing, the general public is likewise probably unfamiliar with the pilcrow—the backward P with two downstrokes to mark a paragraph: ¶. Even so, people generally have no difficulty with the pilcrow and focus instead on the number that follows it. They see that they’re reading something with numbered paragraphs—a different kind of writing from what they’re accustomed to.

The same goes for “§.” It’s one character, not four (sec.) or seven (section). The cumulative benefit in streamlining is tremendous—and readers no longer have to focus on a full two words, “section 474,” when the attention should be on a single unit: § 474.

Further, it takes only a few seconds to become accustomed to this abbreviated form. It doesn’t tax readers unduly. In fact, it does the opposite: it spares them the trouble of reading empty words.



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