Lady (Legal) Writer
Friday, September 28, 2012
Wary, Weary, and Leery
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The term “weary” means exhausted or tired. Many people use “weary,” however, when they should use “leery,”* meaning suspicious or doubt...
Monday, September 24, 2012
Happy National Punctuation Day!
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Check out more information about this holiday here: http://www.nationalpunctuationday.com/
Friday, September 21, 2012
Email Etiquette
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Lawyers write millions of emails every day. For many, including me, email is the preferred method of communication. Below are some tip...
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Misused Words
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People, including lawyers, misuse these words all the time. Publix got it right! Fewer/Less Few people know the w...
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Well Done, Weldon Firm
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Earlier this week, on my way home from a very long day of depositions, I noticed a billboard for the Weldon Firm. What caught my eye was ...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
The Splice of Life
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A writer commits a comma splice error when she connects two independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction. Essentially, a comma...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
A Good Cigar is a Smoke
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Several weeks ago, the Illinois Bar Association recommended that Richard Connors be disbarred because of a conviction in 2002 for violatin...
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