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We understand that not everyone has a law degree and may not, therefore, understand some of the technical terminology used by lawyers. For this reason, we communicate using plain English, as much as we possibly can; we want you to understand our advice without having to rush for a dictionary.
The following is a list of guidelines we use to help us write good! Please feel free to let us know if we’re ever guilty of breaking any of the 10 rules.
1. Avoid Alliteration. Always.
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3. Avoid clichés like the plague. They’re old hat.
4. Comparisons are as bad as clichés.
5. Be more or less specific.
6. Writers should never generalise.
Seven: Be consistent!
8. Don’t be redundant; don’t use more words than necessary; it’s highly superfluous.
9. Who needs rhetorical questions?
10. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.