Common Clichés to Avoid

CLICHÉS	SUBSTITUTE
	.
At your earliest convenience	Give a specific date if you have
At an early date,	one or omit
Recent date,
As of this date	Today

At this time	Currently, now
At this point in time	Currently, now
At this writing,	Currently, now
At a later date	Later
In the near future	Soon

Attached please find	Attached is/are
Please find enclosed	Enclosed is/are
Enclosed please find	Enclosed is/are
You will find	Here is/are

By virtue of	Antiquated - use "because of"

Due to the fact that	Because

For your information	Useless filler—omit

Hereto/herewith/hereby/said/	These words are legalese.
above/Same/thereof/wherein/	Delete them
hereinafter

I am not in a position to	Antiquated - use "I cannot"

I am prepared to	I can, I will

I remain	Old-fashioned—omit

I would like to take this	Useless filler—omit
opportunity to

We deemed it necessary to	Useless filler—omit
If you deem it acceptable	If you agree

In connection with	Regarding, about
With regard to

In lieu of	Antiquated - use "instead of"

In the amount of	For

In the event that	If

In view of this	Given this

It appears than an oversight	I (or we) have overlooked
has been made

It has come to my attention	I have noticed, learned (or omit)

It is important to note that	Note that

Kindly + verb	Antiquated - use "please + verb"

Please don't hesitate to call	Please call

Permit me to say	Useless filler—omit

This letter is for the purpose of	Useless filler—omit

We acknowledge receipt of	Thank you for
We wish to acknowledge receipt of	We have received
This will acknowledge receipt of	Useless filler—omit
your letter

As per your request,	As requested,
Pursuant to your request,	As you requested in your letter of
Referring to your request,	letter of (date)
In reference to your letter	Useless filler—omit
With reference to	Useless filler—omit

Take into consideration	Consider

The writer,	Me, I
The undersigned

Thanking you in advance	Thank you for...

Under separate cover	Separately

We deem it advisable	I suggest

With a view to	To