For those who think punctuation matters: validation!

[Beth Agnew]

If one is known as the text expert within the company, it may even open 
doors that were previously closed. What lawyers really feel confident in 
their grasp of grammar and punctuation to claim they wouldn't need help 
with such an issue? At least this raises awareness, and might even make 
a few people realize that we're not just text monkeys but experts in 
everything written. Of course, you may have to draw the Corporate types 
a map to your cubicle ... :-)

Claire Conant wrote:
> Beth wrote: Unfortunately, the legal beagles never share their 
> intentions with the lowly editors, so there would be no way of knowing 
> that adding a comma for readability was going to substantively change 
> the intent of the contract.
>
>
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> That is too often true. One of the people I forwarded this to was our
> assistant general counsel. I work with him frequently when it comes to
> legal content in our documentation. Admittedly different content than we
> are talking about here, but I feel fortunate that he is open and
> receptive and shares what he can. He genuinely appreciates the value of
> an editor. Rare, I'm sure. 
>   

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Beth Agnew
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Professor, Technical Communication
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