Another myth appeals to traditionally sexist ideals. Each of these myths appeals to the psychological need to be seen as a competent drafter. Each says that competent legal drafters are capable of working with nothing more than the raw material of words. However, to do this requires great skill and ample time. More often than not, either the skill or time is lacking, resulting in mess and confusion.
Unpunctuated writing is highly at risk of being ambiguous and difficult to read.
Ambiguity that is caused by absent punctuation often occurs in the context of modifying phrases. The clearest example of unpunctuated writing being difficult to read is the long sentence. The human brain is not very good at extracting information from long sentences that contain many ideas. The mind processes information in short, discrete pieces - clause by clause. This means that even well-crafted sentences are difficult to read if they are too long.