Word and Phrases to Avoid

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Term	Preferred
identical	same
if conditions are such that	if, when
illustrate	show
impact	affect, influence
implement	carry out, begin, start, create, set up
in a precise manner	precisely
in a satisfactory manner	satisfactorily
in a situation where	if, when
in addition to	besides, also
in all cases	always, invariably
in an adequate manner	adequately
in as much as	given that
in back of	behind
in case	if
in close proximity to	near
in connection with	with, about, concerning, for
in excess of	more than, over
in favor of	for
in lieu of	instead of, rather than
in order to	to, for
in proximity to	close to, near
in reference to	on, for
in regard to	on, for
in relation to	on, for
in spite of the fact that	although
in terms of	in, for, about
in the absence of	without
in the amount of	for
in the case in which	when
in the case of	in, with
in the course of	during, while
in the event that	if, when
in the nature of	like, similar to
in the near future	soon
in the neighborhood of	about, roughly
in the place in which	where
in the vicinity of	close to, near
in this instance, however	but
in view of the fact that	because
inception	start, beginning
indicate	show, suggest
indication	sign
individual	person
initial	first
initiate	begin, start, set up
institute	begin, start, set up
is able to	can
is authorized to	may
is capable of	can
is in a position to	can, may
is permitted to	may
it has been reported by Smith	Smith reported
it has been reported that (omit and supply reference)
it has been reported that x affects y	x affects y
it is (omit)
it is believed that (omit)
it is felt that (omit)
it is important that	must, should
it is necessary that	must, should
it is often the case that	often
it is possible that the cause is	the cause may be
it is probable that	probably
it is this that	this
it is worth pointing out that	note that
it would appear that	apparently
it would thus appear that	apparently

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