Dear Legal Writer: A sultry summer Sunday makes a tough day for legal writing.

But it’s no picnic for legal reading, either.

So strip some weight from everyone’s load. Try these 6 sentence shorteners:

🥵 TOO HEAVY 🥵 --> 🎈LIGHT 🎈

1: Despite the fact that —> Even though

2: In order to —> To

3: In the event that —> If, Should

4: Is able to —> Can

5: For the purpose of —> For, To

6: An adequate number of —> Enough
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🗳️ What heavy-handed phrase would you add to the “too heavy” list?

Happy Sunday sentence-stripping!

💌 Amanda

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