CHAPTER How to write quality natural language rule statements 7 This chapter discusses the writing of quality natural language rule statements, in terms of · the major components of a rule statement--such as the subject, the predicate, conditional clauses, and qualifying clauses--and the various forms these can take in rule statements of different types; · the use of templates as the basis for quality rule statements of each type; · quality criteria for rule statements, including the use of the fact model as a source of terms, verb phrases, and prepositions in a rule statement. 7.1 TYPOGRAPHY AND PUNCTUATION CONVENTIONS IN RULE STATEMENTS To comply with the SBVR, rule statements in this book use the following typographical conventions: