Overview
Week 2: Grammatical Correction Exercises
Instructions
In a single Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) document, provide your ANSWERS ONLY to the following exercises.
There are 7 questions (all with subsections). Be sure your answers clearly correspond to each section and that your responses are easy to follow. Provide the answers only and note the number and letter. For example, 7a.
1. Correct these sentences.
a. Thinking about next week's election, the landscape was stunning in its remoteness. b. The student acknowledged that she finished editing her paper to ease her headache. c. Nobody knows what I think about. Nobody but for my spouse. d. Legal Research and Writing is a wonderful class, I should have really read the readings.
e.Correct this paragraph. The Wingardium Supreme Court decides to hear the motion of the Ravenclaude Brainiac League (RBL), intervenor in Rabbit v. Foxx. The RBL is comprised of very smart wizards who live in the territory lying between that of the Northern Gnome Clan and the Eastern Troll Clan. The RBL is troubled mostly about the escalating nearby tensions as the gnomes wander into troll territory, which is followed by trolls whirling those gnomes in the air to get them out of troll territory. These gnomes were often disoriented and wandered into the RBL region. The RBL is hopeful that the Wingardium government will find a way to give the gnomes the same civil rights that the trolls enjoy so that the RBL will no longer be disturbed by the gnomes, disoriented by the trolls. Foxx, for the Eastern Troll Clan, disagrees with the RBL demand, and the Wingardium Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, dismisses the RBL's motion.
2. Correctly convert these sentences into active voice. (If necessary, you can creatively provide the subject of the active voice verb.)
a. Patrons are invited to pay for their tickets by the end of the week. b. My first visit to the amusement park will always be recalled with affection by me. c. The warehouse is to be secured at the end of the workday, and the key given back at the manager's office. d. The signature on to the checks was forged by the guy in the baseball cap. 3. Agreement Between Subjects and Verbs, as well as Pronouns and Antecedents. Answer the following fill-in-the-blank questions with the proper version of the present tense of the verb given in its infinitive form in parentheses, or where there is no infinitive given, with the appropriate pronoun. a. Either of the dentists _____ (to be) available to extract this tooth. b. The chimpanzee's large size, along with its vigor and eagerness, ______ (to threaten) all within _____ reach. c. The crew, made up of Huey, Lewy and Dewey, _____ (to leave) for the rowing race this morning. Crew mates have to leave _____ letters of consent at the administrative general office. d. The architectural team _____ (to decide) tomorrow whether to incorporate the existing garden into the new building design. ____ conclusion will be broadcast at 8:00 EST. 4. Pronoun Case, Antecedents, and Gender-Neutral Language
Fill-in-the-blanks with the proper case of the pronoun; rewrite, as fitting to each sentence, so that each pronoun has an identifiable antecedent, and remove inappropriate uses of the masculine pronoun.
a. Every traveler who wants to fly must be on the right concourse punctually at 9:00, with his ticket, but no one should be there unless they want to. b. Popeye always got a leaflet with each spinach can. This time, they gave him ideas for exercising muscles. c. Everyone knows the tragedies Jamal has seen, except for Grandma and ____. (I or me) d. My brother Luke is fourteen years younger than ____. (I or me) e. Savannah acknowledged that it was ____ (she or her) _____ (who or whom) stole the green apple. f. Luke and ____ (I or me) thought about this dilemma all day, but neither ____ (he or him) nor _____ (I or me) fixed it. It was too hard for _____ (we or us) poor coworkers to solve. g. The young preschooler tells his tale to _______ (whoever or whomever) he meets. h. _____(who or whom) was suspended for cheating?
5. Punctuation, Apostrophes, and Italics. Copy the following paragraph into a Microsoft Word document. Then correct the punctuation within that paragraph. If any words should be in italics, indicate that with italics. Add apostrophes where necessary. In Rabbit v Foxx the Supreme Court of Wingardium gave solid backing for the idea of civil rights for gnomes Rabbit started as a result of a complaint filed in the Wingardium courts by the northern gnome clan leader Rabbit Foxx the leader of the eastern troll clan the Supreme Court advised the parties to discuss rather than sue but its influence did not include the authority to force dialogue between them ultimately, its the parties choice whether to discuss civil rights the Wingardium administrations readiness to support hinged on on the degree to which the Supreme Court recognized the legitimacy of the gnome clans claim to equal civil rights equal to those of the nearby harassing eastern troll clan
6. Parallelism. Rewrite the following passages so that related concepts, and elements in lists or series, will be in the correct parallel grammatical arrangement.
a. Over the next ten years, we will make the following adjustments to the Legal Studies study program: add additional required classes; new guidelines for the dean's list; mandating students to take more writing classes; the inclusion of more electives in fields of instructor interest; students must not get course credit for over one academic competition; no more than fifteen classes annually. b. Elsa protested the contract bid rules because of Anna's influence over the selection process and it might be expensive. c. Change jobs in autumn, not in spring or summer. d. The proposal has four benefits: effortlessness of implementation, not paying contract charges at all, uncontentious, and can be applied instantly. e. At the parole hearing, the board was handed a copy of the Correctional Record regarding Ms. Sprout, which divulged two complaints in 1999 resulting in the issuance of a warning and the necessity of an apology; three complaints between 2003 and 2010 that led to her being officially counselled, and in 2013 there was a complaint leading to the dispensing of a admonishment arising from a complaint of malingering and idleness and non-response to the Wildland's Corrections Department. 7. Simplification. Rewrite these passages to convey the same meaning as plainly as possible, using as few words as possible. a. A time of poor weather conditions caused the shortening of the track and field event. b. The magistrate must address only with the matter which prompted her assignment and must stop working after the last verdict of that case. c. The mayor is in receipt of your email asking her assistance with respect to the locating of your impounded vehicle. Please be advised that, with respect to her earlier conversation with you throughout the telephonic and email discussions, she does not typically get involved in matters like this. d. The cause for the quarrel is that the foreigners were powerless to arrive at any rational conclusion regarding why their passports were not where they put them. e. There was a large turnout of spectators in spite of the fact that there were bears in
Week 2: Second Series of Legal Research Exercises
Instructions
Submit a screenshot that shows that you found each of the items listed below by either Nexis Uni or Fastcase, as requested below. In addition, submit also a Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) document with your answers to each of the following questions and sub-questions.
1. Use Fastcase to find a North Dakota statute that addresses whether a doctor can dispense prescription medications through the internet.
a. What is this statute's Bluebook citation?
b. In your own words, explain the main purpose of this statute.
c. To what other statute does this statute refer for a definition of telemedicine?
2. Use Fastcase to find Advisory Opinion No. 522 from the Hawai'i State Ethics Commission.
a. What is its full Bluebook citation?
b. In your own words, describe the underlying ethical issue and the board's decision.
c. Who was excused from participating in the commission's meeting in which this issue was addressed?
3. 3. Use Fastcase to find a New Mexico civil standard jury instruction concerning jurors duty to follow the judge's instructions.
a. What is this instruction's formal Bluebook citation?
b. In your own words, describe the gist of this instruction.
c. In what case was this instruction legally challenged?
4. Use Nexis Uni to find a law review article, published in January 2017 by the New York University Journal for Legislation & Public Policy concerning access to justice.
a. What is this article's formal Bluebook citation?
b. In your own words, explain what the three major sections of this article are about.
c. In your own words, describe the relevance of tic-tac-toe to this article.
5. Using Nexis Uni, find a 2009 case from Iowa concerning a trampoline and tort law.
a. What is its Bluebook citation?
b. In your own words, describe what this case is about, including the court's conclusion.
c. Do any legal cautions exist within Iowa for this case? If so, what is the Bluebook citation to at least one of them? What caution(s) were made?