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Appendix B -- Preferred Expressions
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DON'T SAY	SAY
consequence	result
contiguous to	next to
corporation organized and existing under the laws of New Jersey	New Jersey corporation
deem	consider
donate	give
during such time as	while
during the course of	during
echelons	levels
effectuate	carry out, try
endeavor [as a verb]	carry out, try
enter into a contract with	contract with
enumerate	count
equitable	fair
evince	show
excessive number of	too many
expedite	hasten, speed up
expend	spend