category

male use words (top 3)

Frequency

(normalized per 10,000)

female use words (top 3)

Frequency

(normalized per 10,000)

Approximative hedges

about

53.90

about

37.19

around

6.30

maybe

11.32

perhaps

6.30

sometimes

8.89

Self-mention hedges

I think

9.10

I think

4.85

I believe

5.60

I believe

1.62

Evidential verb hedges

seem(s)(ed)(ing)

4.90

seem(s)(ed)(ing)

2.43

it seems

2.10

suggest(s)(ed)

1.62

suggest(s) (ed)

0.70

indication (s)

0.81

Model verbs

can

74.19

can

45.27

could

15.40

might

29.10

may

8.40

could

12.13