Enumerated Clauses—When the Trunk Is Too Short for the Branch
It’s generally a bad sign when, barely after it begins, a sentence shifts into a set of enumerated clauses: If (1) A, (2), B, or (3) C, then X. Acme shall (1) A, (2) B, and (3) C. In such sentences, the drafter is forcing the reader to make a connection between each enumerated clause and the stub beginning of … Read More