Hedging in academic English: calibrating claims in economics
Grammar · Modality & hedging · C2 · 50 min. Balancing caution and confidence in economics papers, avoiding both overclaiming and over-hedging.
About this worksheet
Balancing caution and confidence in economics papers, avoiding both overclaiming and over-hedging.
- Level
- C2
- Category
- Grammar
- Topic
- Modality & hedging
- Time
- About 50 minutes
- Exercises
- Key words, Gap-fill, Multiple choice, Speaking / writing task, Writing lines
- Answer key
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On the sheet
- Key words: Study these hedging expressions from academic economics.
- Gap-fill: Key-word transformations. Rewrite each claim with the hedge in capital
- Multiple choice: Choose the version most appropriate for a peer-reviewed economics pape
- Speaking / writing task: Rewrite these two paragraphs so that each is appropriately hedged (abo
- Writing lines: Write your rewritten paragraphs here.