Lawyers Right Hand » Grammar and Punctuation http://www.lawyersrighthand.com Tutorials, tips on career, excellence and work/life balance for legal secretaries Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:22:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The most common error I see in pleading document titles http://www.lawyersrighthand.com/the-most-common-error-i-see-in-pleading-document-titles.htm http://www.lawyersrighthand.com/the-most-common-error-i-see-in-pleading-document-titles.htm#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 00:41:10 +0000 admin http://www.lawyersrighthand.com/?p=53

Folks, a rule of thumb when your pleading is being filed by two parties: Only one apostrophe and one “S” is needed, and this comes after the name of the second filing party.

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Elaine Benes

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Many lawyers seem to think that commas are theirs to do with as they please. Not so. There are actually rules on when and how commas should be used — and not used. Here are some

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