Thursday, October 30, 2008

Speaking skills: using imprecision

1. about- It's about ten o'clock.
2. kind of- It's kind of sculpture. I had a kind of feeling this might happen. That made me feel kind of stupid. She kind of hoped to be invited.
3. sort of- Her painting is sort of abstract. I sort of thought you might say that.
4. it's like- It's like they're enjoying the movie.
5. it's as if- It's as if she's worrying about something.
6. or something like that- It tastes like peaches or something like that.

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