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Printed Reference Material
| Title | Publication Details | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Canadian Style: A Guide to Writing and Editing (Department of the Secretary of State of Canada) | Dundurn Press, 1985 | General guide for writing documents for the Federal Government in English. |
| The Composition of Legislation, 2nd ed(E.A. Driedger) | Minister of Supply and Services, 1976 | General guide for drafting legislation. |
| Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language (R. Quirk, S. Greenbaum, and J.A. Svartvik) | ||
| A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage (B. Garner) | Oxford University Press, 1987 | Critical analysis of legal terminology indicating its meaning and whether alternative terminology can be used. |
| Legal Drafting in Plain Language (R. Dick) | Carswell, 1995 | General guide for drafting legal documents. |
| Legislative Drafting, 4th ed (G. Thornton) | Butterworths, 1996 | General guide to legislative drafting in parliamentary jurisdictions, particularly Australia and New Zealand. |
| Linguistic Aspects of Legislative Expression (F. Bowers) | UBC Press, 1989 | Analysis of drafting techniques (particularly those advocated by Dreidger) in terms of linguistics. Highly technical. |
| Practical English Usage (M. Swan) | ||
| A University Grammar of English (R. Quirk & S. Greenbaum) | Longman, 1973 | Concise version of one of the most authoritative English grammars. |
