I did have a campaign years ago to stop the revenues department using legal latin (and legal English) to defaulters, because most defaulters barely have a grasp on English.
"When you appeared in court on the 29th of November, your case was adjourned. Unless you have continued to pay £23.50 per week, you must appear in court on 7th January."
Guess what - every single recipient of the letter containing that phrase rang up to find out if they should appear in court. "Unless you have continued to pay" is apparently a subjunctive tense. Woo hoo!
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Date: 2008-11-03 08:42 pm (UTC)"When you appeared in court on the 29th of November, your case was adjourned. Unless you have continued to pay £23.50 per week, you must appear in court on 7th January."
Guess what - every single recipient of the letter containing that phrase rang up to find out if they should appear in court. "Unless you have continued to pay" is apparently a subjunctive tense. Woo hoo!