Bryan Garner on Words
86 ABA Journal Bryan Garner on Words articles.
The most important part of a brief? That depends on whom you ask. Some say the issue statements. Others say page 1 (which ought to amount to the same thing).…
Sep 1, 2015 6:00 AM CDT
About 10 years ago, I was finishing a book for a friend of mine in London, the late Sir Robert Megarry, when in his mid-90s his health began to fail.…
Aug 1, 2015 6:45 AM CDT
Feb 1, 2015 2:20 AM CST
The Library of Congress has staged a
magnificent exhibit on Magna Carta and its history. It is, after all, the 800th anniversary of the Great Charter of 1215. To…
Jan 1, 2015 5:52 AM CST
My fellow lawyers often bristle when I tell them that, on the whole, our profession can't punctuate. It's rare that I don't have to change commas, colons or hyphens in…
Dec 1, 2014 4:40 AM CST
At a law firm retreat, a partner approached me during a break. She had a problem she hoped I could solve: "I can't read anymore. I've lost the ability. I…
Nov 1, 2014 5:50 AM CDT
Oct 1, 2014 3:00 AM CDT
Podcast Transcript
Stephanie Francis Ward: Language is a living thing. New words and phrases—or even grammatical shifts—mean that a lexicographer’s work is never truly complete.
Bryan A. Garner: Our to-do…
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