- at all times - always
- at the present time - now
- because of the fact that - because
- due to the fact that - because
- for the purpose of - for
- in order to - to
- in spite of the fact that - though
- prior to, in anticipation of - before
- with regard to - about
- on an annual basis - yearly
- at this point in time - now
- subsequent to - after
- a large majority - most
- be in a position to - can
- in view of the fact that - because
- in the event that - if
- at your earliest convenience - soon
- be in a position to - can
- under the circumstances - because
There is a bigger trend here:
- Hand writing creates long texts, when we start we are often not quite sure how to get our point across. Mistakes are hard to correct
- Word processing allowed us to review (cut) text retrospectively
- (PowerPoint) graphics and images allow us to get rid of more text and replace them with a visual that "says more than a 1,000 words".
- The next step might be that we are letting go of the rules of grammar (similar to SMS messages, Tweets) in more official settings to deal with increasing information overload.
I have not (yet) reached step 4.