Question:
I'm a Japanese.
Japanese people usually don't consult Japanese grammar books
when they write business or any formal documents.
Actually I have never read a (modern) Japanese grammar book.
And it's hard to find Japanese grammar books in bookstores in Japan.
So my question is:
Do Americans(or native English speakers) consult English grammar books
when they write formal documents?
By grammar, I mean pure grammar(i.e. nouns, verbs, tense, etc.).
Answer:
No.
Dictionaries and style guides, maybe.
For legal documents, they're generally not written anew each time;
they're filled in on standard forms and/or are copied for many
generations, since legal terminology has meanings that are set by
judicial decree rather than by popular usage, and if it is allowed to
deviate, contractual language could become ambiguous.
(Which is why the "plain language movement" is a Bad Thing.)
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