MARCUS: Language as a Virus

All this fuss about English as an official national language is hilarious…

by Bruce Marcus

…particularly when there are a remarkable number of native Americans who speak it poorly, and write it as if it were a second language.

Lawyers are notoriously bad about writing, particularly those who think a simple communication must be written as if it were a delicate legal document. I once rewrote a brief that had been written in pure legalese. I did it in English. We won. The judge understood and appreciated it.

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