Parallelism, Pronouns, Modifiers, and Verbs: Exercises on Legal Writing, Study notes of Grammar and Composition

Download Parallelism, Pronouns, Modifiers, and Verbs: Exercises on Legal Writing and more Study notes Grammar and Composition in PDF only on Docsity! 1 Parallelism, Pronouns, Modifiers, & Verbs Practice Exercises1 I. PARALLELISM, (JW pp. 220-226, 168-170) A. One factor governing the award of child support includes the cost of caring for, maintaining, and the education of the children. B. The proposed transmission line is ugly, unsafe, and will endanger the environment. C. Smith’s reasons for breaking into the locked box were his suspicion that it contained financial records, and he expected a reward from the Justice Department. D. The voluminous record in this case both contains substantial and conflicting evidence regarding the sequence of events, the actions of the parties, and what was the condition of the intersection. E. The trial court concluded that the agreement was not only fair economically, but also procedurally fair. 1 Practice exercises taken from examples in Just Writing and The Legal Writing Handbook by Laurel Currie Oates and Anne Enquist. 2 II. PRONOUNS, (JW, pp. 206-215) F. Two bothers, Earl and Mason Hargrove, own two lumber yards. They are both financially stable. G. The Washington State Constitution forbids in-court questioning of a witness about their religious beliefs. This is repeated in Washington Rule of Evidence 610. H. The appellate court upheld the trial court’s verdict, stating that they found no manifest abuse of discretion. III. MODIFIERS, (JW pp. 215-220) I. The victim described her attacker as having a tattoo on his right buttock in the shape of a peace sign. J. Wedged in a crack in the sidewalk, Mrs. Harris found the ring. K. In determining what constitutes “appreciable time,” a specific or standard amount of time has not been clearly defined by the courts. L. Some states hold that one is not responsible for one’s acts while in certain mental states, such as Alabama.