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C2 · VAGUE LANGUAGE

Vague Language

C2 İngilizce gramer · Hedging & Vague Language

Vague language (belirsiz dil), bilinçli olarak kesinlikten kaçınmaktır. Günlük konuşmada doğal, samimi ve az bağlayıcı olmayı sağlar — aşırı kesinlik bazen kaba ya da bilgiçlik gibi durur.

  • Yaklaşık sayı: twenty or so, around/about ten, tenish.
  • Kategori genişletme: coffee, tea and that sort of thing, books and stuff, milk, eggs, or whatever.
  • Niteliği yumuşatma: sort of/kind of tired, a bit odd.
  • -ish eki: We'll meet at sixish., It was blueish.

Bu yapılar çoğunlukla gayriresmîdir; akademik yazıda hedging tercih edilir, sohbette ise vague language doğallık katar.

  • There were fifty people or so at the party.

    Partide elli kişi falan vardı.

    or so — yaklaşık sayı
  • We got some bread, cheese and stuff.

    Ekmek, peynir falan aldık.

    and stuff — kategoriyi belirsiz genişletme
  • Let's meet around eightish.

    Sekiz gibi buluşalım.

    -ish — yaklaşık saat (gayriresmî)

Mikro döngü · 6 soru · Boşluk doldur

  1. We'll probably get there at seven (boşluk), depending on how bad the traffic is.

    • or so
    • and stuff
    • sort of
    • whatever
  2. I spent the weekend cleaning, doing the laundry (boşluk) — nothing exciting, really.

    • or so
    • and that sort of thing
    • kind of
    • roughly
  3. I'm (boşluk) tired tonight, so I might give the party a miss.

    • or so
    • and stuff
    • sort of
    • whatsoever
  4. The pond water had a (boşluk) tint, probably because of all the algae.

    • greenly
    • greenish
    • green or so
    • green and stuff
  5. Just grab some crisps, drinks (boşluk) on your way over, and we'll order pizza later.

    • or so
    • kind of
    • and stuff
    • roughly
  6. Let's meet outside the station at (boşluk) tomorrow, if that works for you.

    • ten and stuff
    • ten kind
    • sort ten
    • tenish

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