I like Wanda's approach to the example sentence about the confessed murderer. I was thinking along the same lines. The revised sentences she proposes are much stronger, even though they sacrifice the oomph lent by 'none other than'. Which might be rather stuffy-sounding oomph, after all. Of all people, lawyers should be encouraged to avoid stuffiness whenever possible. It would make their prose much more accessible to non-lawyers. Johanna ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Johanna Rubba Assistant Professor, Linguistics ~ English Department, California Polytechnic State University ~ San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 ~ Tel. (805)-756-2184 E-mail: [log in to unmask] ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~