Comments on: “Specific” http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2010/02/10/specific/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:23:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Ken Adams http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2010/02/10/specific/comment-page-1/#comment-94802 Ken Adams Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:15:40 +0000 http://www.adamsdrafting.com/?p=2240#comment-94802 Cliff: You're doubtless correct. But the true path of the contract drafter, Grasshopper, is to lose your individual voice in the universe of the countract. [Cue sound of tinkling wind chimes.] Ken Cliff: You’re doubtless correct. But the true path of the contract drafter, Grasshopper, is to lose your individual voice in the universe of the countract. [Cue sound of tinkling wind chimes.] Ken

]]> By: Cliff Tuttle http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2010/02/10/specific/comment-page-1/#comment-94801 Cliff Tuttle Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:40:40 +0000 http://www.adamsdrafting.com/?p=2240#comment-94801 The use of this word speaks to the personality and mental process of the writer. But the personalities with an affection for the word are diverse. Controlling:"Don't complain to me unless you give me a specific concrete example." Selective: "We might give you relief if the specific facts warrant an exception, but don't expect it every time." I suspect that the authors of the passages you quote would fight ferociously to keep an editor from redacting the s word. CLT Pittsburgh Legal Back Talk The use of this word speaks to the personality and mental process of the writer. But the personalities with an affection for the word are diverse.

Controlling:”Don’t complain to me unless you give me a specific concrete example.”

Selective: “We might give you relief if the specific facts warrant an exception, but don’t expect it every time.”

I suspect that the authors of the passages you quote would fight ferociously to keep an editor from redacting the s word.

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