{"id":656,"date":"2021-04-23T02:15:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T02:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalenglishlearning.com\/?p=656\/"},"modified":"2021-04-30T15:27:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T15:27:25","slug":"identification-and-correction-of-common-imprecisions-in-the-language-of-english-contracts-part-i-march-9-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalenglishlearning.com\/en\/identification-and-correction-of-common-imprecisions-in-the-language-of-english-contracts-part-i-march-9-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Identification and correction of common imprecisions in the language of English contracts &#8211; part I (March 9, 2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row type=&#8221;vc_default&#8221; full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"dt-highlight\">Identification and correction of common imprecisions in the language of English contracts &#8211; part I (March 9, 2021)<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Each of the following sentences contain a number of words\/terms that need to be changed or \u201cimproved\u201d (either because they are wrong or because they are imprecise in the context of the sentence). This may include incorrect legal terminology, wrong collocations, prepositions or a combination of all of these. They are already identified for you, now think of a better\/correct option.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1. I didn&#8217;t agree with the seller&#8217;s price and therefore made him a <strong><u>new offer<\/u><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2. We have<strong><u> signed<\/u><\/strong> this agreement last week and are now both <strong><u>parts of<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3. You can <strong><u>end<\/u><\/strong> this agreement since the other party <strong><u>did<\/u><\/strong> a <strong><u>very serious<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0breach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4. We will <strong><u>request<\/u><\/strong> an appropriate <strong><u>solution<\/u><\/strong> for your <strong><u>incompliance with<\/u><\/strong> the contract.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5. 50,000 Euros is the appropriate <strong><u>price<\/u><\/strong> for your right to reside in the property over the next 12 months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">6. You have failed to <strong><u>respect<\/u><\/strong> your obligations <strong><u>in<\/u><\/strong> this contract and I am confident the court will <strong><u>order<\/u><\/strong> us damages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">7. Make sure to put all your contractual <strong><u>changes<\/u><\/strong> suggestions <strong><u>by<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0writing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">8. I have decided to <strong><u>terminate<\/u> <\/strong>my offer before the other party had a chance to accept it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">9. Given your failure to perform your obligations, you are officially <strong><u>under<\/u><\/strong> breach of contract.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">10. He didn&#8217;t have the <strong><u>ability<\/u><\/strong> to contract since he is only 17 years old.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"dt-highlight\">Identification and correction of common imprecisions in the language of English contracts &#8211; part I: Answer Key<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #000000;\">1. I didn&#8217;t agree with the seller&#8217;s price and therefore made him a <strong><u>new offer.<\/u><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">COUNTER-OFFER <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2. We have<strong><u> signed<\/u><\/strong> this agreement last week and are now both <strong><u>parts of<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0it<\/span>. <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><b>ENTERED INTO <\/b>\\<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00a0PARTIES TO <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3. You can <strong><u>end<\/u><\/strong> this agreement since the other party<strong> <u>did<\/u><\/strong> a <strong><u>very serious<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0breach.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>TERMINATE <\/strong>\\<strong>\u00a0COMMITTED <\/strong>\\<strong>\u00a0MATERIAL <\/strong>or<strong> FUNDAMENTAL<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4. We will <strong><u>request<\/u> <\/strong>an appropriate <strong><u>solution<\/u><\/strong> for your <strong><u>incompliance with<\/u><\/strong> the contract.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>SEEK \\ REMEDY \\ BREACH OF <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5. 50,000 Euros is the appropriate <b><u>price<\/u><\/b>\u00a0for your right to reside in the property over the next 12 months.<\/span> <strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">CONSIDERATION<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">6. You have failed to <u><strong>respect<\/strong><\/u> your obligations <strong><u>in<\/u><\/strong> this contract and I am confident the court will <strong><u>order<\/u><\/strong> us damages<\/span>. <strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">PERFORM, COMPLY WITH or FULFILL \\ UNDER \\ AWARD<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">7. Make sure to put all your contractual <strong><u>changes<\/u><\/strong> suggestions <strong><u>by<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0writing.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>AMENDEMENTS \\ IN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">8. I have decided to <strong><u>terminate<\/u><\/strong> my offer before the other party had a chance to accept it.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>REVOKE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">9. Given your failure to perform your obligations, you are officially <strong><u>under<\/u><\/strong> breach of contract.<\/span> <strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">IN<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">10. He didn&#8217;t have the <strong><u>ability<\/u><\/strong> to contract since he is only 17 years old.<\/span> <strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">CAPACITY<\/span><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row type=&#8221;vc_default&#8221; full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text] Identification and correction of common imprecisions in the language of English contracts &#8211; part I (March 9, 2021) [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Each of the following sentences contain a number of words\/terms that need to be changed or \u201cimproved\u201d (either because they are wrong or because they are imprecise in the context of the sentence).&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalenglishlearning.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalenglishlearning.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalenglishlearning.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalenglishlearning.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalenglishlearning.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalenglishlearning.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":725,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalenglishlearning.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656\/revisions\/725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalenglishlearning.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalenglishlearning.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalenglishlearning.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}