101 Pa. Code § 15.145

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024

Section 15.145 - Preferred expressions

Unless there are special reasons to the contrary, the following expressions should be avoided or used as indicated:

Avoid	Use
it is directed	shall
it is the duty	shall
is authorized	may
is empowered	may
it shall be lawful	may
accorded	given
afforded	given
prior to	before
subsequent to	after
at the time	when
hereafter	after this act takes effect
heretofore	before this act takes effect
period of time	period, time
during such time as	while
during the course of	during
for the duration of	during
until such time as	until
forthwith	immediately
per annum, per day, per foot	a year, a day, a foot
per centum	percent
pursuant to	under
under the provisions of	under
provision of law	law
effectuate	carry out
and/or	"either X or Y or both of them" or "X and Y or either of them"
is able to	can
is unable to	cannot
feasible	possible
the Congress	Congress
law passed	law enacted
approximately	about
expend	spend
enter into a contract with	contract with
is binding upon	binds
donate	give
modify	change
provided, further; provided, however; provided that	"except," "but" or "however" or start a new sentence
provided (conjunction)	"if" or "but"
every person, all persons	a person
null and void	void
constitute and appoint	appoint
is applicable	applies
fail, refuse or neglect	fail
is able to	can
is unable to	cannot
effectuate	carry out
be and the same is hereby	is
is defined and shall be construed to mean	means
means and includes	"means" or "includes" as required