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It’s actually just a lame, noncommittal way to say something. People should just use the period and stand by what they say, imo.


It's a linguistic device that adds richness to the language?


okay, that's nice use of the question mark.


It's a way of communicating additional information beyond the words. It expresses a lack of certainty that would otherwise have been clear in real speech through tone of voice and other non-verbal channels.

Perhaps you feel people should never say things they are uncertain about? Or do you mean that people should not express that uncertainty?




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