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The pragmatic markers that are used to attenuate ( weaken) the strength of the utterances
( sentences) are: 1). It might be... 2). Perhaps... 3). But I think... 4). I guess,... 5). ... a little
problematic.
The Gricean maxim that was used is the maxim of quality because the recipent will not sure
what does the utterances mean since the writer uses the hedges.