Many common phrases can be reduced to a word or two with no loss in meaning.
| wordy | concise |
| at all times | always |
| at that point in time | then |
| at the present time | now/today |
| due to the fact that | because |
| for the purpose of | for |
| in order to | to |
| in spite of the fact that | although |
| in the event that | if |