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Legal composition The shot of dullness Seven deadly writing sins - Longwindedness, redundancy, malaproprism, ambiguity, repetition, jargon, pomposity Why change? - Bordom and power, what is good writing?, iron rations or cornucopia The basics - Commas, colons, semicolons, ellipses dashes, exclamation marks, parentheses and brackets, slashes, quotation marks, quotations with other punctuation, apostrophes Writing for logic - Is it clear who I'm talking to, When is now, do my metaphors make sense, have I exagerated, have I contradicted myself, am I sure of my facts, are my lists logical, have I written for sound rather than meaning, Is my document well structured Practicalities - Getting started, writing on a computer, letters, reference books, getting published A style guide for legal writers