This could be easily reformatted into “The answer to “Should we use qualifiers in speech?” is almost certainly, “It depends”. It’s still useful to figure out what the “default” or “your go-to” should be.”
I agree with the broader point, but in this case I wasn’t certain enough in what I was saying to omit the “seems like” part. Maybe the truth is that it’s very much a case-by-case thing and defaults aren’t in fact much use.
To the extend that you wanted to express some uncertainity it didn’t get through to me when I read it. I think part of the problem is that the nature of your uncertainty isn’t expressed.
I agree with the broader point, but in this case I wasn’t certain enough in what I was saying to omit the “seems like” part. Maybe the truth is that it’s very much a case-by-case thing and defaults aren’t in fact much use.
To the extend that you wanted to express some uncertainity it didn’t get through to me when I read it. I think part of the problem is that the nature of your uncertainty isn’t expressed.