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     it has been reported by Smith     Smith reported
     it has long been known that       I haven't bothered to look up the
                                       reference








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     Jargon                            Preferred Usage

     it is apparent that               apparently
     it is believed that               I think

     it is clear that                  clearly
     it is clear that much additional work will  I don't understand it
     be required before a complete
     understanding
     it is crucial that                must
     it is doubtful that               possibly

     it is evident that a produced b   a produced b
     it is generally believed          many think
     it is my understanding that       I understand that
     it is of interest to note that    (leave out)

     it is often the case that         often
     it is suggested that              I think
     it is worth pointing out in this context  note that
     that
     it may be that                    I think
     it may, however, be noted that    but

     it should be noted that           note that (or leave out)
     it was observed in the course of the  we observed
     experiments that

     join together                     join
     lacked the ability to             couldn't
     large in size                     large

     let me make one thing perfectly clear  a snow job is coming
     majority of                       most
     make reference to                 refer to

     met with                          met
     militate against                  prohibit
     more often than not               usually
     needless to say                    (leave out, and consider leaving out
                                        whatever follows it)
     new initiatives                   initiatives



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