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Although HEDGES and BOOSTERS can be used in the same academic writing piece of work, both refer to two different ways of claiming. On one hand, hedges are vocabulary items (verbs, adjectives, adverbs) which avoid commiting the absolute truth of a claim. On the other hand, boosters are the opposite of hedgers bacause they are vocabulary items (verbs, adejctives, adverbs) which strenghthen a claim. Because of this main difference, our tone as writers would change in relation to our position from other reasearchers. The idea of this entry is to understand what HEDGING and BOOSTING are as well as the importance of using them in our academic writing. For that reason, let's start with some examples: Video 1: HEDGING   CATEGORICAL CLAIM  'HEDGED' CLAIM The issues highlighted in this study are  applicable  to  all  participants institutions .  The highlighted in this study may be applicable to many participants institutions. Government su

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Nominalizations are nouns that are created from adjectives (words that describe nouns) or verbs (action words). (...) You may use them to make your writing easier to understand.   (Purdue University. Purdue online writing lab. 2018Here you have some examples of nominalization: COMPLEX......................COMPLEXITY TAKE LONGER.............EXTENSION HAND IN........................SUBMISSION GET SICK.......................ILLNESS PLAY...............................RECREATION FAIL................................FAILURE POMPOUS......................POMPOSITY ABSTRACT....................ABSTRACTION GOVERN........................GOVERNMENT REQUIRE.......................REQUIREMENT DISCUSS........................DISCUSSION ADAPT...........................ADAPTATION DEPEND.........................DEPENDENCE BEAUTIFUL.................BEAUTY HAPPY...........................HAPPINESS SIGN...............................SIGNAL