【正文】 47. Initial every page of the contract. Having ea party initial ea page of the contract will make it less likely that anyone could claim a page was anged after the contract was signed. 。 42. Save the drafts as multiple files on your puter. If you save the first draft on your puter as two files, you will have one file identified as the first draft and the other identified as the current version. This can be done by naming the current version contract and the first draft as . Then, subsequent versions can be named , , etc., where the d in the extension indicates draft. (Of course, if you’re not using Perfect for DOS, as I do, you can use long file names to show the contract name, draft number and draft date, su as Contract ith Jones draft 2 datd 6 22 2000.) 。要記住合同雙方的當(dāng)事人可能會理解合同中某些專用術(shù)語但法官和陪審團(tuán)卻可能一無所知。 29. Be consistent in grammar and punctuation. The rules of grammar and punctuation you learned may differ from others, but you had better be consistent in your use of them. Be aware of su things as where you put ending quote marks, whether you place mas after years and states, and similar variations in style. 。 25. When you write including consider adding but not limited to. Unless you intend the list to be allinclusive, you had better clarify your intent that it is merely an example. 包括這個詞就要考慮在其后加上但不限于.....的分句。 19. Write in active tense, rather than passive. Active tense sentences are shorter and use s more efficiently, and their meaning is more apparent. Example of active: Sellers shall sell the Property to Buyer. Example of passive: The Property shall be sold to Buyer by Seller. 。 15. Keep a pad at hand to remember clauses to add. It is normal to think of additional clauses, ing and issues while writing a contract. Jot these down on a pad as you write。像房子一樣一個合同必須有一個結(jié)實的根基。好的合同不僅可以預(yù)見到許多可能發(fā)生的情況而且還能清楚地描繪出發(fā)生這些情況后合同雙方的立場。起草合同時你可以把這些范本當(dāng)做原始資料利用其中某些典型的條款和措詞。 11. Include a blank for the date in the first paragraph. Putting the date in the first paragraph makes it easy to find after the contract is signed. It also makes it easy to describe the contract in other documents in a precise way, su as the December 20, 2000, Contract for Sale of Real Estate. 。What to Wat Out for When Writing 第三部分：撰寫時的本卷須知 17. Title it Contract. Do not leave this one to ance. If your client wants a contract, call it a contract. A judge now sitting on the federal ben once ruled that a document entitled Proposal was not a contract even though signed by both parties. The lesson learned is, Say what you mean. If you intend the document to be a legally binding contract, use the Contract in the title. 合同兩字。這對一個租賃合同來說是些不好的別稱因為他們?nèi)菀妆活嵉够蛘叱霈F(xiàn)打印錯誤。因此要使用普通的詞語,表達(dá)普通的意思為普通人撰寫合同。 32. Define a by capitalizing it and putting it in quotes. Capitalizing a indicates that you intend it to have a special meaning. The following are two sample clauses for defining terms: Wherever used in this contract, the Goods shall mean the goods that Buyer has agreed to purase from Seller under this hereby agrees to purase from Seller ten (10) frying pans, hereinafter called the Goods. ：加上雙引并將其開頭的字母大寫。如今這類專業(yè)的軟件甚至可以幫你檢測到合同中沒有釋義的術(shù)語如：Corel專門為法律辦公開發(fā)的文字處理軟件包中的DealProof軟件還有可供97和2000安裝的DocProofReader軟件。當(dāng)你用軟件比較和兩個版本時將軟件的分析結(jié)果打印出來送給客戶看讓他知道變化在哪里。內(nèi)容總結(jié)（1）你的客戶讀第一稿可以確保你的起草的東西和客戶的愿望相符?！?43. pare the current version to prior versions. If you save draft versions, it is very easy to pare one version to another using the processor’s pare feature or using the pareRite puter program. When you pare to , save the parison as and print it to show the client what anges were made. 。通常情況下只要你花時間來起草合同你就會發(fā)現(xiàn)真正的風(fēng)險在哪里。 合同文書不是創(chuàng)造性的作品也就不能因為意思的細(xì)微差異而引起考慮或爭。假設(shè)是修飾兩個詞可以用排比的手法分別在這兩個詞之前加上修飾語假設(shè)你只想修飾一個名詞那么你就應(yīng)該把這個詞放在這組詞的最后然后在它的前面加上修飾語。假設(shè)你將一個概念重復(fù)地解釋那理解起來就更有困難。除非一方當(dāng)事人在法定上就是承包人否那么不要將承包人作為其別稱。 5. Obtain forms in books or CDROM.