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1、SyntacticFeaturesofLegalDocumentsofBusinessEnglishKeyerchandisersorrelevanttranslatorsmayusetheminbusinesstransactions.Thelegaldocumentsusethetosetforththeinvolvedrightsandobligations,unication.Asystematicdescriptionofsyntacticfeaturesshouldinclude:sentencetypes,clausetypes,phrasetypes,etc.Here,
2、itisonlynecessarytomentionthesyntacticfeaturesoflegaldocumentsofbusinessEnglish.1.LongSentencesLongsentencesaremoninlegal,politicalandtheoreticalodificationforaccuracy.InlegaldocumentsofbusinessEnglish,youcanfindthesentencesusedarelongandquiteoftentheentiredocumentisposedintheformofasinglesenten
3、ce.Inlegaldocuments,longsentencesaremorethananyaycontainmanymodifiers.Thestructuresofthelongsentencesareoftenintricate,odifiers.oredependentclausesasitselement(s),thismakesaplexsentence.Longsentencesareoftenplexsentences,pleentisconcludedforaperiodoftaticallyreneonths,andshallthereafterbereneent
4、,ifeitherpartyhasbeenpreventedfromperformingitsobligationsundertheAgreementbecauseofaneventofforcemajeuresuchasearthquake,storm,flood,fire,otheractsofnature,epidemic,ies,prohibitionoractsbyagovernmentorpublicagencyorlabourdisputes,orotherunforeseeableeventsbeyondthecontroloftheparties,andtheiroc
5、currenceisunpreventableandunavoidable,thepartysopreventedshallnotifytheotherpartyinajeure,acttomitigatedamages,ifpossible,andationoftheevent,acertificateofevidencethereofissuedbytherelevantauthoritiesandastatementexplainingthereasonforitsinabilitytoperformallorpartofitsobligationsundertheAgreeme
6、nt.TheaboveparagraphconsistsoftanusedsomanyaketheAgreementaccurateandpreventmisunderstanding.2.StatementFullSentenceInmunication,statementsarechieflyusedtostateafactornon-factthatistoaffirmornegatesomething.Thus,statementsmaybedividedintopositivestatementsandnegativestatements.Afullsentenceisase
7、ntenceostlyusedinformalspeechandentsstipulatetherightsandobligationsofthesignatorypartiesinsteadofproposingquestionsorcarryingoutnegotiation,thatistosay,legaldocumentsstipulateakethestipulationsinthelegaldocumentsclearentsof