| Approximators (73) - 30.4% |
Shields (167) - 69.6% |
| Adaptors (45) - 18.7% |
Rounders (28) - 11.7% |
Plausibility hedges (152) - 63.3% |
Attribution hedges (15) - 6.3% |
| Can (13) |
Some (16) |
I (don’t) think (113) |
Passive voice (4) |
| Would (12) |
About (7) |
I would (not) + V (6) |
Conditional 2 (4) |
| Sort of (3) |
Sort of (1) |
I / we can (4) |
Conditional 1 (4) |
| (Some) kind of (3) |
Around (1) |
(If) I may say (4) |
Shift of source of information (1) |
| (don’t) need to (3) |
Any (1) |
I (don’t) wish to (4) |
Shift of action’s agent (1) |
| May (2) |
A bit of (1) |
I believe (4) |
Impersonal sentence (1) |
| Might (1) |
(Quite) a few (1) |
I hope (2) |
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| Probably (1) |
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I / we should (2) |
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| Ought to (1) |
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I / we have to (2) |
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| Somehow (1) |
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Possibly (2) |
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| Could (1) |
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Probably (1) |
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| This or that (1) |
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Perhaps (1) |
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| Possibly (1) |
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In my view (1) |
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| Slightly (1) |
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I’m hopeful that (1) |
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| Quite (1) |
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I’m not (so) sure (1) |
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If you don’t mind (1) |
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I humbly + V (1) |
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I would + V + you (1) |
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I could + V + you (1) |
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