Sentence examples for generic statements from inspiring English sources

First, in linguistics, a distinction is made between generic statements (i.e. generalizations that are made about entire categories of people or things, such as "girls wear pink") and non-generic statements (i.e. statements that are not generic, such as descriptions of specific individuals like "Mary wears pink;" see Cimpian & Erickson, 2012).

Her public statements after leaving office tend to focus on improving internal bureaucratic processes and generic statements of support for administration priorities, rarely drifting into significant criticism.

What's required are verified data on the impacts of the entire life cycle of the actual ingredients in their products, not generic statements.

Many of the most-discussed names on the list are loathe to discuss the possibility publicly, instead staying silent or issuing brief, generic statements.

Sentences like "The paper reports... .. or "The authors describe... .. have to be avoided as well as any generic statements.

For instance, Cimpian and Markman (2011) found that when asked to explain either generic statements (e.g. boys are good at math) or non-generic statements (e.g. Johnny is good at math), even four-year-olds preferred to explain generic statements in terms of inherent features (e.g. "because that's how they're made") than extrinsic features (e.g. "because they got teached").

This generic statement only hints at what a blow Scudder's death is to the crime community.

Perhaps this was just a generic statement about American leadership and not actually an implicit criticism of Obama.

So the best I can offer is a generic statement like, "I'm a little under the weather".

Ahmed al-Tayeb, the sheikh of al-Azhar, the centre of Sunni learning, issued a generic statement addressing Islamic teachings about the treatment of captives and then called for "crucifying and chopping the hands and feet" of Isis members.

The commission is now pondering whether it can fix the problem by issuing a broad generic statement about the safety of storage in pools and dry casks or whether it will have to do a reactor-by-reactor review.