The phrase "allow you to avoid" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the ability to prevent or escape from a situation or obligation.
Example: "This new software will allow you to avoid unnecessary delays in your project timeline."
Alternatives: "enable you to evade" or "permit you to bypass".
At the most, iOS8 will allow you to avoid typing some fairly long but frequent words.
A carry-on will also allow you to avoid the scrum at baggage claim and easily move between flights if your itinerary is wrecked by delays.
But you can't give it up entirely because to do so may not allow you to avoid, in extremis, a major meltdown".
Using the built-in indexing features of your word-processing program rather than separate indexing software does allow you to avoid buying and learning an entirely new program.
There is no point being aware of the pitfalls if you work in a context that doesn't allow you to avoid them.
This will allow you to avoid paying capital gains taxes, while the value of the charitable deduction you claim will be higher.
The government's own Directgov website gives an example of how donating a property worth £90,000 to charity allows you to avoid paying tax on the same amount.
He suggests that approach might be a different kind of politics for him – "Just being looser in your thinking allows you to avoid fixed ideas".
In the meantime, writing through confusion allows you to avoid arrogance and self-absorption, the great risks of all first-person writing.
Muting particular users without "unfollowing" them allows you to avoid your weird uncle's Twitter posts without starting the family equivalent of World War III.
Besides, cards offer other benefits besides rewards, like ease of budgeting and record keeping, allowing you to avoid checks by paying monthly bills with a card, the ability to dispute charges and the time savings in not having to refill your wallet at an A.T.M. as often (and cost savings in not paying A.T.M. fees).
