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10/25/23, 5:09 PM SLC sheds light on common linguistic errors in Arabic legislative drafting
The General Secretariat of the Supreme Legislation Committee conducted an educational workshop titled ‘Common Linguistic Errors in
Arabic Legislative Drafting’ to highlight the significance of mastering language skills for legislative drafting. Image courtesy: Supreme
Legislation Committee
UAE
SLC sheds light on common linguistic errors in Arabic
legislative drafting
The workshop shed light on common language errors that are frequently committed,
discussing methods to address them and elevate the quality of legislative drafting.
Press Release
October 19, 2023
Dubai: The General Secretariat of the Supreme Legislation Committee (SLC) conducted an
educational workshop titled ‘Common Linguistic Errors in Arabic Legislative Drafting’ to highlight the
significance of mastering language skills for legislative drafting. The workshop shed light on common
language errors that are frequently committed, discussing methods to address them and elevate the
quality of legislative drafting.
The workshop, led by Salem Ibrahim Al-Ahmad, Head of the Research and Publication Section at the
Legislative Awareness Directorate, targeted Dubai government legal professionals specialised in
preparing and drafting legislation. During the workshop, various errors commonly committed in
legislative drafting were presented and discussed, particularly in the titles and provisions of
legislation. These included grammar, spelling, typing, diacritics, and formatting errors, as well as
errors made during copying and pasting text. Furthermore, the workshop emphasised the
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