tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post4763855690602545749..comments2024-03-27T20:34:09.464+01:00Comments on zmkc: A Little Bit - Maybezmkchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-39246055544691747472010-03-20T23:19:10.354+01:002010-03-20T23:19:10.354+01:00Sorry Ghostof, I didn't see your question unti...Sorry Ghostof, I didn't see your question until now: apparently qualifiers are words like 'possibly' 'quite' - the sorts of things that tone down assertions and make them more tentative, which is what they are taught at Cambridge not to do; or rather, I gather what the tutors are trying to persuade them to do is make up their minds, work out what they are really saying and say it. Probably makes some sense in that context (but I'm at it again, I realise - both 'probably' and 'some' are, I suspect [more qualifying] qualifiers in that sentence.)zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-90487056282492860932010-03-16T20:29:29.865+01:002010-03-16T20:29:29.865+01:00What´s a qualifier?What´s a qualifier?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-26876899148935950592010-03-11T10:14:58.752+01:002010-03-11T10:14:58.752+01:00I think one of the attractive features of the more...I think one of the attractive features of the more sensitive writing in blogs is its very tentativeness. It's because one is always conscious of a potential rejoinder. At it's best it's a conversational rather than a declamatory form.<br /><br />After all, it's no fun having a chat with someone who proceeds via unqualified assertion. Perhaps your correspondent might take note?Gareth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058241057385364459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-30614109261202647582010-03-11T07:27:11.640+01:002010-03-11T07:27:11.640+01:00You absolutely, surely, really really must!You absolutely, surely, really really must!Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.com