ASSIGNMENT # 1FINALS LEGAL WRITING • Omit needless words. The Business Corporation Law does not address the ability of a New York corporation to indemnify individuals who are not its employees. replace those words with just one word. You may rephrase ideas and rearrange sentences. but don't change the meaning. .Basic Delete at least four consecutive words in the following sentences. Rewrite this: 1. The County sent an inspector who made observations as to the condition of the sidewalk and concluded that it was uneven.Intermediate Revise the sentence to make them as lean as you can without changing the meaning: 2. . .Advanced Find a wordy sentence that you can reliably cut in half without changing the meaning. 3. but today is being used increasingly as a substitute for litigation for the adjudication of disputes arising out of contracts. Arbitration as a means of settling disputes was at first viewed by the courts with much disfavor. (37 words) . .• Avoid multiple negatives. . return receipt requested. Notice will not be effective unless it is delivered in person or by certified mail.Basic Recast the sentence in positive form: 4. Bendola cannot be permitted to stand on nothing more than unsubstantiated and selflaudatory statements as a basis for denying summary judgment.Intermediate Recast the sentence in positive form: 5. . • Art. . This rule shall not apply to cases which may not be the subject of compromise under the Civil Code.Advanced Find a sentence in published writing that is burdened with at least two negatives that you can easily--and with no change in meaning--recast in the positive. 151 of the Family Code 2nd paragraph 6. are. was. precise verbs.Use strong. Minimize is. . and were. are. shall.Basic Rewrite the sentence to eliminate the be-verbs: • (be. do. were. am. did. was. might. . been. had. have. would. could. will. is. should. does. must) 7. Jones is in agreement with Smith. has. can. may. and those present were in agreement that the board's action was violative of the bylaws. .Intermediate Rewrite the passage to eliminate the be-verbs: 8. Several members were in attendance. .• Turn -ion words into verbs when you can. The determination that reasonable grounds exist for the revocation of parole should first be made by someone directly involved in the case. Yet we need make no assumptions in arriving at the conclusion that this preliminary evaluation. Do any -ion words need to stay? 9. should be in the hands of someone not directly involved. and any recommendations resulting therefrom. .Basic Improve the passage by changing all but one or two of the -ion words. Intermediate Edit the sentence to reduce the number of words ending in -ion: 10. . Any violation of the terms of probation established by the Board will result in revocation of VanTech's authority to conduct itself as a public-utility operation. Watch out for of.• Simplify wordy phrases. . on..This Court did not err in issuing its order of dismissal of the claims of Plaintiff. to.etc) 11. for …. . in. of.Basic Revise the sentence to minimize prepositions (at. . and in his conception of crimes as offenses against the whole community. which never manifested itself more clearly than in his appreciation of the inevitability of the divergence of the paths of crime and of tort. Henry II had genius of a high order.Intermediate Revise the passage to minimize prepositions: 12. NOVEMBER 15. THANK YOU. 2014.ASSIGNMENT #1 WRITE YOUR ANSWERS ON A YELLOW PAD PAPER TO BE SUBMITTED NEXT MEETING. .