Explain voice in English, the legitimate uses of the passive in legal documents, and the plain- language arguments for the active. 3.

1. Countable vs uncountable: contract, clause, writ — countable; evidence, information, advice, furniture, legislation — uncountable. So: "a piece of evidence", "items of legislation" — never ~~an evidence~~, ~~advices~~. 2. Plurals with legal meanings: costs (legal expenses of litigation — "costs of the suit"), damages (compensation — singular damage means harm to property), goods (merchandise), premises (the building), arms, proceeds. Learn these as terms of art — "damage" and "damages" are different legal things. 3. Proper nouns and consistency: names of parties, statutes and courts must be spelt identically throughout a document; a variant spelling invites an objection ("Is Kumar Shrestha the same person as Kumar Shresta?"). 4. Abstract nouns of obligation: law often works with abstract nouns — liability, negligence, capacity, intent — whose precise grammar (usually uncountable) you must respect.