LEGISTICS

Preface

Part 1 - Words and Expressions

• Body Corporate
• But
• Comprise
• Consider
• Days After
• Deem
• Definitions and definition sections
• Despite, even though, and notwithstanding
• Everyone
• Expiry, expiration and end
• First Nation
• Gender-neutral Language
• Hereby
• If, where and when
• Indefinite articles
• May
• Members of Parliament
• Must
• One (pronominal use)
• Possessives
• Pursuant to
• References to Text in Columns
• Restrictive elements
• Shall
• Such
• Terms and conditions
• Themselves (singular)
• There - words
• They (singular)
• Time periods
• Triad separators in metric measurements

Part 2 - Sentences

• Cross-references
• More than one sentence in a section or subsection
• Present indicative
• Sentence structure: Complexity and organization

Part 3 - Paragraphing

• What is paragraphing ?
• Why paragraph ?
• How do you paragraph ?
• Conjunctions between paragraphs
• Punctuation of paragraphs
• When should you paragraph ?
• Table of factors and examples

Part 4 - Punctuation

• Compounds and Hyphenation
• Em dashes

References

• Printed reference material
• On-line reference material