Subjective and usually over-generalises but Jake is more



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Hedging
Emma and Jake have different ways of writing and speaking. Emma is very subjective and usually over-generalises but Jake is more objective when looking at things. Who do you think wrote these statements?

All Turkish pop singers sing about love.
It is said that the earthquake was caused by the weather.
Generally, the holiday was great.
Eating fish and yoghurt will surely lead to stomachache.
Dogs often protect their owners.
English people always drink tea with milk.
Highly intelligent children tend to misbehave due to boredom.

  • Everyone knows how to read and write.

Tentative or cautious language called hedging is an important feature of academic writing in English. It means being academically cautious and not making bold statements that cannot be supported. Direct statements or statements implying full certainty should be avoided in academic writing unless they are warranted. Using cautious or tentative language known as hedging allows ideas, arguments, evaluations and conclusions expressed in writing to remain open to interpretation by the reader.
Writers choose to use hedging so that statements do not seem to rely simply on personal opinion. Using hedging helps them to indicate the level of certainty they have in relation to the evidence or support. When writers are not 100% certain of a point they are making, they should use hedging expressions. There is a certain language associated with hedging, which should be used in academic writing:


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