Sentence examples for expressing certainty from inspiring English sources

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Lawson questioned the integrity of climate science, implying scientists were expressing certainty about something they did not know.

When combined with "uptalk," these phrases are effectively a social taboo against expressing certainty, commitment or confidence in anything we say.

Both publications were working from anonymously sourced documents provided to them in November, and although both stopped short of expressing certainty Wired risked a headline proclaiming "Bitcoin's Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This Unknown Australian Genius".

But they are not blocked from epistemic adverbs expressing certainty.

The prior information, expressing certainty and uncertainty of an unknown image, can be employed to boost the reconstructed image quality.

As far as this example is concerned, Bandstra, Barry (2008): 145) analysis of the infinitive absolute as a modal Adjunct expressing certainty seems much more apt, since this structure does indeed express certainty, although since it is a verbal form, it would seem more appropriate to locate this word within the verbal group complex.

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Hanjani and Li (2014) Scaffolding (e.g. instructing, advising) accepting advice, requesting advice, restating, assessing, question-response (e.g. seeking clarifications), confirming understanding, persisting, expressing certainty-uncertainty, expressing knowledge-lack of knowledge, expressing inability, expressing understanding, clarifying, justifying & responding to question.

Administration officials expressed certainty that the plane's crew was largely or entirely Russian.

The smaller category of O'Neillian indiscretion arises from his tendency to express certainty about inherently uncertain situations.

Biden expressed certainty that despite the fracas, Sanders supporters would eventually come around to Clinton in a general election.

According to the same survey, 75percentt of Germans polled expressed certainty that prices have been rounded up.

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