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Understanding Vague Language in English by Emma Peel is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Vague language is commonly used in English to soften statements and avoid absolute precision. [1] Some types of vague language include list completers like "and so on" to finish incomplete lists, placeholders like "that guy" when a name is forgotten, quantifiers like "about 30" instead of a specific number, generalizers like "kind of" to avoid being too precise, and suffixes like "-ish" to show approximation rather than exactness. [2] The use of vague language differs between cultures and can lead to misund
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- Emma Peel
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- EN