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A Word in Your Ear: Hedging

A Word in Your Ear: Hedging

Update: 2025-09-01
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Do you call a spade a spade, or do you prefer to be a bit more gentle with the things you say? 

Professor Roly Sussex explores the use of hedging and why it's so common in the English language. 

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A Word in Your Ear: Hedging

A Word in Your Ear: Hedging

Australian Broadcasting Corporation