Legistics

March 18, 2010 under tongueincheek

My chances of being invited to parties have just tanked.

I’ve discovered Legistics.

When you think about the fight for clarity and the disambiguation of language, the legal folks are truly champions of the cause.

I’m off to fight the good fight of avoiding the usage of “comprise” (use “composed of” or “consists of”) and “notwithstanding” (use the commonly used ‘despite’) in my everyday communications.

Despite the high and lofty impression left by a text composed of high-falutin’ words.

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