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Stacked qualifiers

Repeated editing adds one qualifier after another until every claim sounds uncertain, usually to repair an earlier overstatement rather than to report real doubt. Keep a qualifier only when the source supports it and the meaning needs it. Keep scope statements, legal and safety notices, and real corrections. Ordinary hedges such as perhaps or tends to are human habits and not tells. Weak alone.

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to be fair, it's also possible, could potentially, might arguably, in some cases it may, this is an inference

Before and after.

Before

It could potentially possibly be argued that the policy might have some effect on outcomes.

After

The policy may affect outcomes.

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Paste it in. If it’s there, it gets marked with this exact reason.

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