Qualifiers are words that intentionally weaken the meaning of a sentence. Although they may give the author a feeling that he is being more honest.

It’s better to simply say what you believe and let the reader decide if it’s true.

She was quite an ugly woman.

Instead of:

She was an ugly woman.

Write:

It was pretty kind of her to bake a cake for a man who

had only two weeks earlier caused her to loose her job.

Instead of:

It was kind of her to bake a cake for a man who had

only two weeks earlier caused her to loose her job.

Write:

Words and phrases like kind of, a little, pretty much, a bit, and quite make your

sentences longer and more complex but they don’t make the meaning clearer.

Delete them .

Hans Anderson 2007-Present: Lecturer at FPT Greenwich

Programmes, FPT University. 2007: M.S., Computational Mathematics,

University of Minnesota 2001: B.A., Computer Science, Gustavus

Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN