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: AdamsDrafting?Forthwith??A Quaint Archaism
By Ken Adams
Methinks forthwith has as a fusty, moldy air about it. I wasn’t surprised to see it included, along with the likes of hither and mayhap, in this list of quaintly archaic words.
But lo and behold, forthwith was used in 502 contracts filed in the past month on the SEC’s EDGAR system, as compared with 1704 contracts using a more sensible word, promptly. Lawyers, quaintly archaic? Say it ain’t so!
But thank heavens for small mercies?no sign of hither and mayhap on EDGAR.
Full post as published by AdamsDrafting on June 28, 2009 (boomark / email).

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