@chrisgeidner Agreed. Interesting. What's good for the blog post isn't good for the opinion, is it?
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I personally lean towards the Scalia side on this one (although I don't know that I'd impose a categorical ban).
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Maybe borderline overuse. See:https://formalegalis.org/2016/12/22/using-contractions-its-not-wrong/ …
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I'm with you; "You can do it. Just don’t do it too often."
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right: one of those fuzzy rules (how often is too often?) that Scalia would've hated
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Contractions work only if you have a distinctively and unusually casual style throughout the rest of the opinion. See Posner.
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@chrisgeidner Opinion writing should be formal yet readable. Too many contractions make the opinion sound glibThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I was always taught that contractions have no place in formal writing.
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contractions are damnable!
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I'm not a member of
#at, but I think Sykes was tasteful; Gorsuch—an amazing writer, to be sure—pushes the envelope far more often.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@chrisgeidner -she doesn't overuse contractions, but I'm pretty sure it's inappropriate to use contractions in formal writing.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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