Dual Verb Structures: “Intends to X and Shall X”

I’ve collected a handful of dual verb structures, all of which are bogus. Go here for those blog posts.

Here, after a years-long gap, is another one: intend to X and shall X. Here’s an example:

The Parties intend to report and, except to the extent otherwise required by Law, shall report, for federal income tax purposes, the Mergers as an exchange described in Section 351 of the Code.

Saying shall report renders intend to report redundant.

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Ken Adams is the leading authority on how to say clearly whatever you want to say in a contract. He’s author of A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting, and he offers online and in-person training around the world. He’s also head of Adams Contracts, a division of LegalSifter that is developing highly customizable contract templates.

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