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Language Delicacy and Choice:
Pre-TASK and the 8 Dimensions

[Pre-]TASK: What do you find problematic about this statement?

Dustmen will go on strike because they think
their salaries are too low.

In these Language Delicacy materials we'll see how the above statement can be made more "delicate" - and at the same time more "powerful" - through attention to the following qualities or dimensions.  We’ll explore these one by one, in sequence, building on the above "problem" statement. You're advised to work through these in the sequence developed below, as the above example is expanded cumulatively:

1.
probability

2.
generality

3.
tentativity

4.
contingency,

5.
relativity

6.
attribution,
7.
concession
8.
presupposition

For another way of seeing the relevance of these "dimensions", take a look at
these Questions from a sceptical reader