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Originally posted by pretermitted_child
Yep, the Better Flow argument is the justification of last resort.[/I]
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The only people I've ever gotten that empty criticism from are teachers, the worst offenders being English teachers, not because they are little velveteen dictators, but rather because they don't know how to teach writing and are too lazy to learn.
Maybe I've been lucky, but the lawyers I've worked for are generally competent with grammar. Like everybody, they may some mistakes or have some preferences I disagree with. I'm conservative about pointing out mistakes. I only point out things I think my superior would appreciate knowing about. This is in part because I don't like to be regarded as a nitpicking or letting my ego get in the way of getting the job done, and also in part because I regard a lot of grammatical rules as matters of personal preference.
