【正文】 f law, venue selection, and attorneys fee clauses. If your contract gets litigated, you might as well give your client some ammunition for the fight. Examples of these clauses appear in Appendices A and C.、審判地、律師費(fèi)等條款。33. Define words when first used. Instead of writing a section of definitions at the beginning or end of a contract, consider defining terms and concepts as they first appear in the contract. This will make it easier for the reader to follow.。比如：哪些事情可能會隨著交易變得很遭，哪些事可能會在將來發(fā)生，哪些事情已經(jīng)發(fā)生了，哪些可以讓事情朝好的方向發(fā)展的方法.....你最好在給客戶的說明書中都將這些都寫上。39. Let your secretary or paralegal read it. Not only will your staff frequently find spelling and grammar errors missed by your word processor39。s spelling and grammar checker. This almost goes without saying today, especially since Microsoft Word now checks your spelling and grammar as you type. (Unfortunately it also changes per stirpes to per stupid if you fail to watch it closely.) And now there are even puter programs that check contract documents for undefined terms. DealProof is packaged with Corel WordPerfect for law offices, and DocProofReader is available for download for MS Word 97 and 2000.、段落序號以及上下文的注解，你可以自己手動來做，也可以用文字編輯軟件中的拼寫和語法檢查功能來完成，特別是自從有了微軟的 word軟件后，做這樣的工作你似乎不要費(fèi)多少精力（但機(jī)器有時(shí)也不可靠，如果你不看仔細(xì)，它就會把per stirpes改變?yōu)?per stupid）。Keep Your Client Informed While You Write第五部分：書寫時(shí)要常和你的客戶溝通35. All contracts should e with a cover letter. This gives you a place to instruct your client on how to use and sign the contract.。下面有兩個(gè)定義術(shù)語的例子：“貨物”(Goods)是指買方已經(jīng)同意向賣方購買的貨物。你可能學(xué)過許多不同類的文法和標(biāo)點(diǎn)符號規(guī)則，但在使用它們時(shí)最好保持一致。28. Be consistent in using words. If you refer to the subject matter of a sales contract as goods use that term throughout the contract。那些你在學(xué)校里得到的語法規(guī)則并不是放之四海而皆準(zhǔn)的東西，因?yàn)橛袡?quán)力來解釋此合同的法官或陪審團(tuán)成員學(xué)的語法規(guī)則可能和你學(xué)的不一樣，但不管學(xué)的是什么規(guī)則，撰寫合同都要遵循一個(gè)基本原則：簡潔、明確。23. Watch out when using herein. Does wherever used herein mean anywhere in the contract or anywhere in the paragraph? Clarify this ambiguity if it matters.“本文（herein，也可譯為”“在這里”）時(shí)要當(dāng)心。t say things like active termites and organisms. Avoid ambiguity by writing either active termites and active organisms or organisms and active termites. When adding a modifier like active before a pound of nouns like termites and organisms, be sure to clarify whether you intend the modifier to apply to both nouns or just the first one. If you intend it to apply to both, use parallel construction and write the modifier in front of each noun. If you intend it to apply to just one noun, place that one noun at the end of the list and the modifier directly in front of it.活動著的白蟻和有機(jī)體之類的話，為了避免模棱兩可，最好這樣寫：“活動著的白蟻和活動著的有機(jī)體”或是“白蟻和活動著的有機(jī)體”。18. Write in short sentences. Short sentences are easier to understand than long ones.，因?yàn)槎叹渥颖乳L句子讓人更容易理解。如果你將一個(gè)概念重復(fù)地解釋，那理解起來就更有困難。15. Keep a pad at hand to remember clauses to add. It is normal to think of additional clauses, wording and issues while writing a contract. Jot these down on a pad as you write。把簽約時(shí)間放在第一段，當(dāng)合同簽署后，你就能夠很容易地找到它，而且，這樣做還可以給你在其他相關(guān)文件中準(zhǔn)確地描述這個(gè)合同提供幫助，范例如：不動產(chǎn)買賣合同，訂立于2000年12月20日12. Include to provide background. Recitals are the whereas clauses that precede the body of a contract. They provide a simple way to bring the contract39。這是個(gè)簡單而又不得不引起重視的問題。6. Don39。s name. Starting with an existing form saves time and avoids the errors of typing. Here are some Web sites where you can find forms:~wyman/。這一招首先幫助你的客戶弄清合同的重點(diǎn)所在。Drafting contracts is actually one of the simple pleasures of practicing law. Just 3 years ago at this Convention I presented 50 tips for contract writing. This article updates those tips in the context of our new tools and abilities. Following these tips could result in your writing a contract so