Hedging language for better academic writing

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Hedging language for better academic writing

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Modal auxiliary verbs:
can, could, may, might, should, would

Other modal verbs:
appears, look, seem, tend

Probability adj:
Likely, possible, probable, unlikely, supposed, presumed,

Probability adv:
perhaps, possibly, probably, presumably, arguably, in general, fairly, more or less, mostly, quite, somewhat

Frequency adv:
generally, usually, often, occasionally, seldom

Nouns:
appearance, indication, inference, likelihood, tendency, probability, possibility, to my knowledge

Verbs:
appear, assume, estimate, indicate, intend, propose, seen as, speculate, tend
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