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{{pe}}Faciliate means, ironically “to make (an action or process) easy or easier,” — to ''help'' — but one uses it in business English purely to make something harder to understand. Next to “[[effect]]” it is the weakest [[verb]] in the English language, and a sure sign that [[nominalisation]] is afoot.  
{{pe}}Ironically, to “[[facilitate]]” means “to make something easier,” — to ''help'', in other words — but one uses it in business English purely to make something — namely your sentence — ''harder''. Next to “[[effect]]” it is the weakest [[verb]] in the English language, and a sure sign that [[nominalisation]] is afoot.  


“To [[facilitate]] the giving of notice to —” really means, after all, “to tell”.
“To [[facilitate]] the giving of notice to —” really means, after all, “to tell”.

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Ironically, to “facilitate” means “to make something easier,” — to help, in other words — but one uses it in business English purely to make something — namely your sentence — harder. Next to “effect” it is the weakest verb in the English language, and a sure sign that nominalisation is afoot.

“To facilitate the giving of notice to —” really means, after all, “to tell”.

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