Naujas kodeksas, senos kalbos problemos
The Code is new, but the language problems remain the same

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with language issues of he draft of the Lithuanian Code of Violations of Administrative Law. The problems are important for the language of the law on the whole. Legal issues of the Code are apprpximated to the language; the result, however, is not always as good as expected. There are a number of long and sophisticated sentences, wich are difficult to comprehend. The main idea is sometimes blured due to a number of Genitives given in succesion, wrong choise of half-participles. The Code also contains several instances of violations of language laws. Some patterns of wrong usage are widely spread. The author of the article suggests substituting them by correct usage patterns. Other shortcommings are sporadic or transfered from everyday usage. The article also discusses the usage of sonjunctions; it defines correct usage patterns for each conjunction and points out the most typical abusage facts.

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