Dear Legal Writer, Before you give that draft to the partner, make sure you haven't used any of these WORDY ways to say "because":

📍 "based on"
📍 "as a result of"
📍 "for the reason that"
📍 "due to the fact that"
📍 "in light of the fact that"
📍 "on account of the fact that"

All these ways take a roundabout route to get to your point.

They're also clunky to read, and they add to your word count.

To be sure, sometimes there's good reason to use a wordy way.

But that's the rare exception.

Almost always, "because" is better.

It's shorter, simpler, and unmistakably clear.

So might you swap out some wordy ways from your brief today?

💌 Amanda

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