fuzziness around who referent of the sentence is Subjectivisation – to use verbs regarding the action of thought to express subjectivity about a claim (such as to suppose, think, or guess) Limitation – narrowing the category membership of a subject in order to add clarity See also Polite fiction Euphemism Epistemic modality References Further reading External links Hedged Assertion Parts of speech Ambiguity Euphemisms Pragmatics