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The million dollar comma case

A costly grammatical blunder (and why good drafting matters)

by CHAMBERLAND D
Published in November 2008 - Page 61

 

Procurement professionals – lawyers and non-lawyers alike – often come under a great deal of pressure to “keep costs down” and to “get the deal done.” One way to handle this is to use so-called “boilerplate” clauses – standard clauses, phrases, and concepts that are used repeatedly in commercial documents, including tender call documents. Another common way to handle the pressure is to cut corners when drafting and hope that the language will serve

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