Exercise

What kind of hedges is used in each of the following utterances and what function does it perform?

1) My father said I need a bit of discipline.

2) I’m afraid I can’t agree with you.

3) I agree with what you say to some extent.

4) It’s about six o’clock now.

5) He is, as it were, a walking dictionary.

6) So far as I am concerned, I’m not against you.

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