Cultural differences in drafting pleadings
It is convention in Victoria to use plain English, be concise, and even be nice when drafting letters. In contrast, the ones I’ve seen in Singapore tend to be “aggressive”, and not a few use legalese extensively.
i agree.
the language used when drafting in singapore seems very antiquated and over-the-top.
plain english is much better.
ejl
24 Mar 07 at 1:41 am
First and foremost, I’m a terrible writer and tend to churn an ocean with my sentences. So, I try to stick to using Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test. From the statistics, the general public understands 6-7th grade writing best. Short and simple.
If you are interested, it can be activated in microsoft word under tools>options>spelling&grammer>readability. So next time you write, you can click on spelling and grammar to check how eye-widening the writing is.
whywhy
5 Apr 07 at 1:29 pm