. . . although . . .
. . . concur . . .
E. CREATING RELATIVE STATEMENTS
Academic writing rarely involves absolute certainty. To change an absolute
statement like, for example, “The sky is blue”
into a statement where the
certainty is reduced (a relative statement), the
following techniques can be
used.
I. TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF A GROUP
Uncountable items:
Some of . . .
A little of . . .
Much of . . .
Most of . . .
Countable items:
Some of . . .
A few of . . .
Many of . . .
Most of . . .
II. TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TIMES SOMETHING OCCURS
Often . . .
Frequently . . .
Sometimes . . .
Occasionally . . .
III. TO SAY SOMETHING IS POSSIBLE
