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Why are lawyers so good with words and grammar?

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Slate Fragrant Newt Cumskin
  06/24/14
I tried this once. I was attempting to use a redacted phr...
Henna mexican
  06/30/25
Surgeons use a scalpel Juris doctors use words.
harsh toaster dingle berry
  06/24/14
o what a scholar!
Slate Fragrant Newt Cumskin
  06/24/14
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Henna mexican
  06/28/25
kind of like sorcerers casting spells
Light curious ape half-breed
  06/24/14
cr. Doctors write life saving prescriptions. Juris doc...
harsh toaster dingle berry
  06/24/14
"I get it now! Juris PHYSICIANS keep us safe just like ...
Light curious ape half-breed
  06/24/14
lol link?
Canary stimulating rigor temple
  06/24/14
they're not
Bearded green center
  06/24/14
cr. They're actually some of the worst. My mom with her high...
brilliant wagecucks
  06/24/14
There's a lot of bad writing out there, but you're probably ...
costumed box office
  06/24/14
(Julia)
Underhanded fiercely-loyal pocket flask
  06/24/14
oh my look at the words
Big-titted mother pit
  06/24/14
because anything you read written by a lawyer went through h...
Cowardly Orange Main People Station
  06/24/14
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Henna mexican
  06/28/25
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swashbuckling double fault
  06/28/25


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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:27 PM
Author: Slate Fragrant Newt Cumskin



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Date: June 30th, 2025 11:02 AM
Author: Henna mexican

I tried this once.

I was attempting to use a redacted phrase from a 2011 partner departure agreement to manifest an extra week of FMLA. I chanted it over a bowl of artisanal hummus under the flickering light of the dairy aisle.

BAM! The lights hummed.

BAM! The air filled with the scent of burnt Cheetos and procedural toner.

BAM! Tabitha appeared behind the olive bar, holding my rejected time-off request. She wasn't angry. She just stared with those dead, bureaucratic eyes and said Clause 9.2 does not permit unsanctioned rituals on company time. She said my soul was now subject to a quarterly performance review. She said the humming is normal. She said this is

this is fine thisisfine this isf

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:28 PM
Author: harsh toaster dingle berry

Surgeons use a scalpel

Juris doctors use words.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2602378&forum_id=2)#25811351)



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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:28 PM
Author: Slate Fragrant Newt Cumskin

o what a scholar!

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Date: June 28th, 2025 11:34 PM
Author: Henna mexican



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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:40 PM
Author: Light curious ape half-breed

kind of like sorcerers casting spells

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:41 PM
Author: harsh toaster dingle berry

cr.

Doctors write life saving prescriptions.

Juris doctors write life saving briefs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2602378&forum_id=2)#25811433)



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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:47 PM
Author: Light curious ape half-breed

"I get it now! Juris PHYSICIANS keep us safe just like doctors and the military"

"Exactly. Now you're staring to really THINK like a lawyer"

(worst episode of magic school bus ever)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2602378&forum_id=2)#25811448)



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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:48 PM
Author: Canary stimulating rigor temple

lol link?

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:37 PM
Author: Bearded green center

they're not

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:47 PM
Author: brilliant wagecucks

cr. They're actually some of the worst. My mom with her high school diploma can write better english than 90% of lawyers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2602378&forum_id=2)#25811449)



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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:54 PM
Author: costumed box office

There's a lot of bad writing out there, but you're probably tripping if you think regular folks generally write better.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2602378&forum_id=2)#25811492)



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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:38 PM
Author: Underhanded fiercely-loyal pocket flask

(Julia)

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:39 PM
Author: Big-titted mother pit

oh my look at the words

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:49 PM
Author: Cowardly Orange Main People Station

because anything you read written by a lawyer went through hundreds of emails of "please revise, thanks."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2602378&forum_id=2)#25811461)



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Date: June 28th, 2025 11:34 PM
Author: Henna mexican



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Date: June 28th, 2025 11:33 PM
Author: swashbuckling double fault



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