Links to Other Web Pages With Guidance About Usage and Style
- Don 't use and/or
in legal writing. Actually, there is no justification for using and/or in any type of
writing.
- More about
and/or. See page 10.
- Eliminating
the ambiguity of and and or.
- Using em and en
dashes.
- Serial comma, also known as
the Oxford comma.
- Statutory Interpretation in the Age of
Grammatical Permissiveness, Susan J. Hankin, University of Maryland School of Law. This
article discusses the serial comma.
- Double spacing
after periods.
- Capitalization
of Personal Titles.
- Guide to
Grammar and Style, by Jack Lynch, Rutgers University.
- Some Observations on the Philosophy
of Usage, Jack Lynch, Rutgers University. This site also has links to other sites.
- Ellipsis Abuse.
- Editorial Pet Peeves.
- If the English Don't Speak English, Who Does? This article suggests that British
English should not set the standard for English spoken around the world.
- Common Errors in English Usage, by Paul
Brians of Washington State University.
- Split
Infinitives.
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