Hedging

HEDGING

The most common forms of hedging involve:

it is used to

Hedging with verbs

Hedging with the passive voice

Hedging with would

Hedging with noun phrases

e.g.

used to

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e.g.

There is no doubt people spend more time at home.

Show that an opinion is not necessarily your own.

It would seem that people are going to accept the vaccination.

I reckon that’s the best answer to the problem.

There is little evidence children prefer to live in rural areas.

It would appear that are more grateful than before.

It seems that she stole the amount of money in the company.

Think, recognize, believe, report, and know.

Express ourselves in a polite way or soften what we say or write

It appears that he had made this decision much time before.

There is some discussion surveys’ results.

It is recognized that economy is increasing nowadays.

use the passive with verbs such as

Tense and aspect, modal expressions including modal verbs and adverbs.

The forms of hedging are

e.g.

It would seem that Jessica is pregnant.