| STYLE STANCE
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| confidentially,
figuratively, frankly, honestly, literally, seriously, truthfully
| quite frankly, quite honestly, quite simply
| in a word, in brief, with all due respect
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| if I may say so, if you don’t mind my asking
| more simply put, putting it bluntly, strictly speaking, technically speaking, to tell you the truth
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| ATTITUDE STANCE
| Evaluation; judgement; assessment of expectations
| amazingly, astonishingly, conveniently, curiously, disturbingly, fortunately, hopefully, inevitably, interestingly, ironically, predictably, quite rightly, regrettably, sadly, sensibly, surprisingly, unbelievably, unfortunately, wisely
| even more importantly, rather surprisingly, even worse, oddly enough, rather surprisingly
| to my surprise
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| as might be expected, as you might guess, as you would expect
| most surprising of all, rather surprisingly
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| EPISTEMIC STANCE
| Imprecision
| about, approximately kind of, like, roughly, sort of
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| If you can call it that
| So to speak
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| Viewpoint or perspective
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| from our perspective, in my opinion, in my view, in our view, in some cases, in the author’s view
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| Limitation
| generally, mainly, typically
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| in general, in most cases, in most instances, on the whole
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| Source/ evidence
| apparently, evidently, reportedly
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| According to…
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| As X motes
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| Actuality & reality
| actually, really
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| for a fact, in actual fact, in fact
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| as a matter of fact
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| Doubt & certainty
| certainly, definitely, maybe, obviously, of course, perhaps, probably, undeniably, undoubtedly
| most likely, quite likely
| for all I know, without doubt
| No doubt
| I think, I guess, I bet, I would say, it seems, it appears
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| SINGLE WORD ADVERB
| ADV. P.
| PREP. PHRASE
| N. P.
| FINITE CLAUSE
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