Homework!

Decide on what you would like to write about for the Legal English Wiki.

I would like to write about differences between a civil law legal system and a common law legal system , and i can say right now why ;
1) Comparate Law is an argument nowadays essential in the lawyer formation
2) It's very interesting and can help us improve our legal english too
3)Legal English has traditionally been the preserve of lawyers from many countries (USA, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) which have shared common law traditions. However, due to the spread of English as the predominant language of international business, as well as its role as a legal language within the European Union, legal English is now a global phenomenon.




Some self study work on countable/uncountable nouns and noun phrases.

Countable nouns are easy to recognize. They are things that we can count. For example: "cat". We can count cats. We can have one, two, three or more cats. Here are some more countable nouns:
dog, pen, animal, man, person ,bag,cup,coins


Countable nouns can be singular or plural:

My dog is playing.
My dogs are hungry.


We can use the indefinite article a/an with countable nouns:
A dog is an animal.


When a countable noun is singular, we must use a word like a/the/my/this with it:

I want an orange. (not I want orange.)
Where is my bottle? (not Where is bottle?)


When a countable noun is plural, we can use it alone:

I like oranges.

Bottles can break.

We can use some and any with countable nouns:
I've got some dollars.

Have you got any pens?
We can use a few and many with countable nouns:
I've got a few dollars.
I haven't got many pens.




Uncountable nouns are substances, concepts etc that we cannot divide into separate elements. We cannot "count" them. For example, we cannot count "milk".
We can count "bottles of milk" or "litres of milk", but we cannot count "milk" itself.



Some more uncountable nouns:
music, art, love, happiness
advice, information, news
furniture, luggage
rice, sugar, butter, water
electricity, gas, power
money, currency


We usually treat uncountable nouns as singular. We use a singular verb. For example:
This news is very important.
Your luggage looks heavy.


We do not usually use the indefinite article a/an with uncountable nouns. We cannot say "an information" or "a music". But we can say a something of:
a piece of news
a bottle of water
a grain of rice


We can use some and any with uncountable nouns:
I've got some money.
Have you got any rice?



We can use a little and much with uncountable nouns:
I've got a little money.
I haven't got much rice.