Expletives: Usurpers of Space and Emphasis

Kentucky Bench & Bar, January 2007

2 Pages Posted: 20 Jan 2007

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Barbara Mcfarland

Northern Kentucky University - Salmon P. Chase College of Law

Abstract

Now that I have your attention, let me first admit that I refer not to expletives as in expletive deleted but as in the it verb and there verb constructions that run rampant in much legal writing.

Keywords: legal writing, verb, expletive

Suggested Citation

Mcfarland, Barbara, Expletives: Usurpers of Space and Emphasis. Kentucky Bench & Bar, January 2007, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=957775

Barbara Mcfarland (Contact Author)

Northern Kentucky University - Salmon P. Chase College of Law ( email )

Nunn Hall
Highland Heights, KY 41099
United States

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