Episode 53: Hedging in Academic Writing

Hedging , also called caution or cautious language , is an important component of academic style . This podcast explains what hedging is, then looks at different ways to hedge, namely using introductory verbs, modal verbs, adverbs, adjectives, nouns, and some other ways such as adverbs of frequency and introductory phrases. On the website there is as an example passage so you can see each type of hedging in an authentic text, and a checklist so you can check your understanding.

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Episode 53: Hedging in Academic Writing is an episode from EAP Foundation by EAPFoundation.com.

This episode is 6:10 long.

This episode was published on Jan 26, 2022.

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