Phrases for hedging opinions
A resource to introduce current or future university students to the notion of hedging, to help them understand why it is important and to give them practice with some ways of achieving it such as modals, the passive voice and 'that' clauses.
An extract from the resource:
Task 3
Phrases like the underlined ones in bold, used to make an opinion less direct or less certain, are called hedging expressions.
The following are some more examples from different academic disciplines:
It may/might be that a cure is never found for cancer.
It seems that the evidence is inconclusive as to whether the provision of education on how malaria is spread can actually reduce the number of cases of malarial infection.
It is/seems plausible/probable/likely that Marshall Plan aid had a considerable positive effect on postwar Europe.
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