Crime Rate Assessment

There is

There are

There was

There were

Thing or things, this is vague

It is

It was

Give, gave, given, get or any other form

Great, overused word

Utilized, overused word

That is

That are

Real, really, actually, are cliché

All of, awkward

Overall

Has always been, avoid two part verbs

Avoid transitive verbs having and being

The fact that, is wordy, do not use it

Phrases that have requirements

Whether must be followed by or

Not only must be followed by but also

Other rules

Do not start sentence with conjunctions, and, but, or

When listing place a comma following the second item, or additional items

No contractions

Avoid salutatory titles such as Mr. or Ms.

A person must be followed by who, not that (persons that is wrong, persons who is right, members that is wrong, members who is right)

General public is redundant; use only one of the words

End result is redundant; use only one of the words

Allow for is a phrasal verb, avoid using it

Use third person, do not use us, we, our, you, or yours

Effective and efficient is overused

Do not use URLs for in text citations

Daily basis is redundant; use only one of the words

Avoid end of sentence prepositions such as for or to

Discreet is careful whereas discrete is two or more separate items

Do not use in order to, delete in order

Avoid where unless using a location, use in which

The ability to is simpler said with the word can

Many different is redundant, use only one word

Use through not thru

Use about not as to

Avoid is when, use occurs when

Hyphenate multipart adjectives such as hand-in-hand

Number one to nine are written out 10 or higher are written as numerals unless they are the first word in the sentence