(And so, for informal discussion, I sometimes use these words instead of more formal hedging expressions around those "misused" technical terms to indicate that I'm using the technical terms loosely.) Those examples happen to have the infinitival marker "to" incorporated into the word.) These kind of words usually have the exact same meaning as the more standard spelled expression (but not always).Īnyway, the reasons why I, personally, might use them are:Įxplicit hedging because I know that I'm over-generalizing or slightly misusing a technical term. (There are other non-standard spelt words which sometimes are used for similar intentions: gonna, gotta, hafta, oughta, supposta, usta, wanna. I'm AmE, and I do sometimes use those colloquial, non-standard spellings, such as "kinda", "sorta", and others - intentionally. I guess I kinda can add something of value here.
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