| 缓和型模糊限制语 | 语料库 | |||
| 普通 | 重点 | 南方 | 北方 | |
| 直接缓和 | ||||
| I think | 1.09 | 3.54 | 1.37 | 2.20 |
| in my opinion | 0.36 | 2.56 | 0.61 | 1.40 |
| I hope | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.76 | 0.00 |
| I want | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.61 | 0.00 |
| 间接缓和 | ||||
| according to | 0.36 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.20 |
| it seems | 1.09 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.60 |