Module 4
Reading legal English: long sentences, defined terms, modal verbs and conditions
Legal documents in English are often long, and the sentences are built in ways that look strange: a main clause buried under conditions, exceptions and definitions. Native speakers find them hard, too. The good news is that the structure follows a small number of patterns. Once you know them, you can take almost any long sentence apart and see who must do what, when, and unless what. This module teaches that skill.
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