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modal-or-uncertain-word (UNS001)¶

What it does¶

Reports modal or uncertain terms such as should, would, could, might, and very.

Why is this bad?¶

These words are vague and imprecise, which is not suitable for academic writing.

Example¶

The proposed method could improve the result.
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