Article Title

"Weasel Words"- a Feature of Careful Scholarship

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Keywords

academic language, weasel words, possibly, likely, accurate fact representation

Abstract

Sometimes readers misunderstand the careful, deliberate phrasing that scholars commonly employ to ensure accuracy in their assertions. So-called weasel words like possibly and likely do not simply reflect timidity on the author's part; rather, they are often necessary to avoid overstatement and other misrepresentations of the facts.

Recommended Citation

(1998) ""Weasel Words"- a Feature of Careful Scholarship," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 18: No. 2, Article 10.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol18/iss2/10