Law Practice,
Appellate Practice
Mar. 9, 2023
Let’s be more careful with our words
As attorneys, we have an opportunity, and perhaps a moral obligation, to use correct words and phrases, whether on the job or in private life.
Garth M. Drozin
Law Offices of John C. YePhone: (213) 427-2826
Email: gdrozin@johnyelaw.com
Southwestern University SOL; Los Angeles CA
Many English people, from the place that invented our national language, are critical of Americans for ruining their language. It's really more of a slow erosion than a demise. Attorneys are considered wordsmiths by the general population, though some attorneys struggle with proper English, either not having been raised in English as a first language or through recent, casual repetition of incorrectly-spoken words or phrases that have been injected into our society b...
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