Endnotes

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But

^1. Unlike "and" and "or", however, which can link a series of the same syntactic element,

"but" can only link two members. Thus:

A and B and C and D
A, B, C, and D
A or B or C or D
A, B, C, or D

But not:

A but B but C but D
A, B, C, but D

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Comprise

^1. Other examples of existing passive forms for which active forms have disappeared are "be enamoured of" and "be possessed of" (which derived from the extinct causative construction "possess someone of something," which meant put them in possession of it).

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One(pronominal use)

^1. A "count" noun is a noun that names anything or anyone that one can count, e.g. "one declaration", "two declarations". These nouns are distinct from "mass" nouns, which have no plural form (e.g. "water"). It may be somewhat arbitrary which class a noun falls into: "statute", "act", and "bill" are count nouns (e.g. "five statutes"), but "legislation" is a mass noun (e.g. not "five legislations"). Mass nouns can be counted only in terms of units, which are themselves count nouns (e.g. "five pieces of legislation", but not "five pieces of statute"). Some nouns may behave like either type, depending on the context.

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Such and there - words

• ^1. B. Garner, A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage (Oxford U. Press: 1987) at 265.

• ^2. R. Quirk et. al. (Longman, New York: 1985) at 1144.

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Compounds and Hyphenation

• ^1. A "modifier" is a word or group of words that limits the meaning of another word or group of words that follows or precedes the modifier.

• ^2. A "gerund" is a verb form used as a noun.

• ^3. A "participle" is a verb form not marked for tense, used principally as part of a verb phrase or as an adjective.

• ^4. When drafting, remember never to insert a hyphen (other than to create a hyphenated compound) to artificially generate a line break in text. It could disrupt the printing and publication process.

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Em dashes

• ^1. P. 135
• ^2. Pp. 76-77.
• ^3. 1988 Edition, p.165.

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Possessives

• ^1. The terms " 's possessive" and "'s form" are intended as non-technical labels. The 's ending covers a wide range of relations among nouns of which possession is just one, although perhaps the canonical one. Also, of course, for regular plural nouns the ending is just an apostrophe (e.g. one day's notice, two days' notice).

• ^2. Nowadays the 's goes on the end of phrases rather than simple nouns, as in "Leader of the Opposition's Residence" or "the Auditor General of Canada's opinion." Contrast this behaviour with the plural marker, which is a true noun suffix: "Leaders of the Opposition," but not "Leader's of the Opposition Residence."

• ^3. Making the other meaning of s. 22(2) unambiguous takes a bit more redrafting. One possibility:

  For greater certainty, if a candidate is present at a polling station, the candidate's representative is not an election officer.

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