Re: Oh, no - not another learning experience!!

[Kathleen MacDowell <kathleen -at- writefortheuser -dot- com>]

II suspect the real issue here is clarity rather than correctness. Perhaps
your partner in this endeavor is a lawyer? (This is based on experience with
my HOA's Covenants and Bylaws and the poor writing, contradictions
throughout.)

Perhaps you could convince your colleague to adopt some other wording so
that people won't have to do a logic diagram to understand the content?

Regards,

Kathleen


On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:

> If the document specifies a difference between "Party" and "party" with a
> defining statement, such as "the Whig Party (hereafter referred to as "the
> Party")," then "Mike" is correct.  In the absence of such a statement,
> there is
> no inherent difference in context and capitalization may be interpreted as
> merely an effort to make something more conspicuous.
>
> Gene Kim-Eng
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Susan Hogarth" <hogarth -at- gmail -dot- com>
> To which he somewhat patronizingly replied:
>
> > As for the "any other party" part, the difference is between the
> > non-capitalized "party" as in another political party, versus the
> > capitalized (and defined in the Bylaws) "Party" as being distinct from
> > each other.  It's not confusing at all if you follow the context
> correctly.
>
> Your verdict, Members of the Jury?
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