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[wuapinmon]

[Eddie]

I was talking to some range officers at the local range a while back. They kicked a couple of guys out for setting up photos of Obama on their targets.

[Joe Public]

For Donut:

[creekster]

For Donut:

A. Lincoln is spinning. I hope they got a discount for that.

[Indy Coug]

A. Lincoln is spinning. I hope they got a discount for that.

Their not going to get away with that.

[Donuthole]

For Donut:

What a perfect testament as to why such grammatical blunders shouldn't be overlooked in message board and social media posts, emails, and other informal forms of communication. If you overlook them long enough, eventually they'll find their way into even the most formal of communications.

I deposed an anesthesiologist today whose expert report was littered with the phrase "more likely then not". It was used that way at least a dozen times in a 3-page report. Something like that isn't going to impact the way this doctor treats and/or helps her patients, but it's certainly not helping her look intelligent (which is kind of a big deal for a doctor).

[San Juan Sun]

I deposed an anesthesiologist today whose expert report was littered with the phrase "more likely then not". It was used that way at least a dozen times in a 3-page report. Something like that isn't going to impact the way this doctor treats and/or helps her patients, but it's certainly not helping her look intelligent (which is kind of a big deal for a doctor).

I think it's more likely than not that the average person won't notice one way or another. Unless you pack the jury with pretentious English teachers.

[wuapinmon]

I think it's more likely than not that the average person won't notice one way or another. Unless you pack the jury with pretentious English teachers.

A good lawyer could easily point that out to chip away at the bonafides of the witness. How can a physician claim to have not missed something when their lack of attention to detail is on display repeatedly throughout their writing?

[Jeff Lebowski]

A good lawyer could easily point that out to chip away at the bonafides of the witness. How can a physician claim to have not missed something when their lack of attention to detail is on display repeatedly throughout their writing?

Because the jury will most likely be a bunch of average Joes who will think that good lawyer is an asshole.

[Pheidippides]

Because the jury will most likely be a bunch of average Joes who will think that good lawyer is an asshole.

Lawyers don't need much help being thought of as assholes as it is.

[Commando]

I think it's more likely than not that the average person won't notice one way or another. Unless you pack the jury with pretentious English teachers.

Or, you know, people who can read and write.

[wuapinmon]

Because the jury will most likely be a bunch of average Joes who will think that good lawyer is an asshole.

An asshole who nonetheless is right.

[Donuthole]

I think it's more likely than not that the average person won't notice one way or another. Unless you pack the jury with pretentious English teachers.

It's not something I would ever even try to present to a jury; expert reports are generally not admissible, and there is no probative value in pointing out the doctor is semi-illiterate.

But I likely won't be recommending that doctor to anyone as either an expert or a treating physician.

[San Juan Sun]

It's not something I would ever even try to present to a jury; expert reports are generally not admissible, and there is no probative value in pointing out the doctor is semi-illiterate.

But I likely won't be recommending that doctor to anyone as either an expert or a treating physician.

Semi-illiterate anesthesiologist. Hyperbole much?

[San Juan Sun]

A good lawyer could easily point that out to chip away at the bonafides of the witness. How can a physician claim to have not missed something when their lack of attention to detail is on display repeatedly throughout their writing?

You watch too much TV. I suspect that the attorneys of the world will find something more substantive than grammar to argue about.