Bryan A. Garner
Bryan A. Garner, President of LawProse Inc., is the most prolific CLE
presenter in the U.S., having trained more than 150,000 lawyers and
judges. His book — most prominently Black’s Law Dictionary and
Garner’s Modern American Usage — have been cited as authority by every
state and federal appellate court, including the highest. For more
about him, go to www.lawprose.org.
To follow him on Twitter: @bryanagarner.
Posts by Bryan A. Garner
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From The Career Files: LawProse -- Whether 'Whether' Causes Problems For Legal Writers
Yes, it does—in four ways... -
Career Center, Career Files, LawyersLawProse Lesson #158: Whether whether causes problems for legal writers.
Yes, it does—in four ways: 
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From The Career Files: LawProse Lesson – What’s The Easiest Way To Improve Most Transactional Drafting?
Rigorously impose a consistent numbering system, create more headings, and banish romanettes. Use a cascading left-hand indent...
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LawProse Lesson - What’s the easiest way to improve most transactional drafting?
Rigorously impose a consistent numbering system, create more headings, and banish romanettes. Use a cascading left-hand indent... -
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LawProse Lesson: Multiple Punctuation Marks
Bryan A. Garner addresses the issue of multiple punctuation marks in writing. -
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Correct Placement Of Punctuation In Relation To Quotation Marks
Bryan A. Garner of LawProse explains where to properly place punctuation in relation to quotation marks. -
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Were you summonsed or summoned to appear in court?
Bryan A. Garner of LawProse explores the use of the word summoned and it's variant, summonsed. -
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LawProse Lesson: Is snoot really a word?
Bryan Garner of LawProse answers the question: Is snoot really a word? 
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LawProse Lesson: *Is comprised of
Bryan A. Garner explains the proper use of the word "comprise" in this LawProse lesson. -
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LawProse Lesson: Is e-mails a correct plural, or should it be e-mail messages?
Which is the proper plural of "e-mail"--"e-mails" or "e-mail messages"? Bryan Garner of LawProse provides the answer. -
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LawProse Lesson #141: Should it be e-mail or email?
Bryan A. Garner of LawProse discusses the controversial removal of the hyphen in "e-mail." -
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LawProse Lesson #140: Which is correct - a Cardinals fan or a Cardinals' fan?
Bryan A. Garner of LawProse answers the question: how do you decide whether a proper noun is being used attributively or as a possessive? -
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LawProse Lesson #139: What is the possessive form of Red Sox?
The rule for plural possessives is to pluralize first, then form the possessive {woman > women > women’s} {shoe > shoes > shoes’}. But what happens when you have a playfully respelled plural for a word such as socks? That is, Sox is already considered plural: we say “the Red Sox are in the World […]
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LawProse Lesson #138: Why is ’til considered an error for the preposition till? Why can’t it be regarded as an abbreviation of until?
Bryan Garner of LawProse answers the question: Why is ’til considered an error for the preposition till? Why can’t it be regarded as an abbreviation of until? -
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LawProse Lesson #137: Which does educated English demand: I feel bad for you or I feel badly for you?
Bryan Garner of LawProse answers the question: Which does educated English demand: I feel bad for you or I feel badly for you? -
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LawProse Lesson #134: How should you punctuate around the common Latin abbreviations e.g., i.e., etc., and et al.?
Byran A. Garner of LawProse explains the proper way to use Latin abbreviations including e.g., i.e., etc. and et al. -
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LawProse Lesson #133: Should you write “Plaintiff,” “the Plaintiff,” or “the plaintiff”?
Should you write “Plaintiff,” “the Plaintiff,” or “the plaintiff”? Ideally, you’d populate your sentences with real names. Your legal writing will become clearer, and readers will more easily keep track of who’s who (assuming you’re a competent expositor). -
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LawProse Lesson #132: What is the right way to use articles before abbreviations? EPA or the EPA? An HMO or a HMO?
There are two types of abbreviations: acronyms and initialisms. Bryan Garner of LawProse explains the right way to use articles before abbreviations. -
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LawProse Lesson # 129: Placement of only.
Bryan A. Garner of LawProse discusses the proper use of the word "only" in legal and nonlegal writing. -
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LawProse Lesson #128: Therefore vs. therefor
Bryan Garner of LawProse discusses the difference between therefore and therefor.
