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Assignment Three
Assignment Three
Writing in English
Christopher R. Kelley
Associate Professor of Law
University of Arkansas School of Law
ckelley.christopher@gmail.com
Assignment Number Three
Please read the following:
1. Chapter 3, Use Base Verbs, Not Nominalizations, in Plain English for Lawyers;
2. Joseph Kimble, Hunting Down Nouners, Mich. Bar J., Feb. 2007, at 44;
3. Mark Cooney, A Verb’s Lament, Mich. Bar J., Feb. 2006, at 40;
4. K.K. DuVivier, Verb‐Based Writing, Colorado Lawyer, Mar. 2004, at 39;
5. Wayne Schiess, When Verbs Become Nouns, Austin Lawyer, Apr. 2008, at 6;
6. Brenden Beery, It Is What It Is, Mich. Bar J., May 2004, at 54.
I encourage you to do the Exercises on Concision and Nominalizations that accompany
this assignment.
The readings are brief. Please read them before you do the exercises.