Appendix C: Plain language options

Instead of...	Try...
advanced planning	planning
aforementioned	these
at this point in time	now
brand new	new
by means of	by
first ever	first
for the purpose of	to
furthermore	also
inasmuch as	because
in conjunction with	with
in order to	to
in the event that	if
in the near future	soon
moreover	also
new initiative	initiative
on an annual basis	annually
owing to the fact that	because
past experience	experience
provided that	if
subsequent to	after
until such time as	when
with regard to	about