Question 7 of 10 Hedging is important when making predictions/projections because you cannot "know" the future. Which of the following sentences gives an example of hedging? It is certain that transitioning to an organic diet will positively affect a person's dental health. Data show no correlation between dental health and an organic diet. Regardless of the opinion of naturopaths, having an organic diet is unlikely to affect your dental health.

## Step 1<br />Hedging in language is a way to express uncertainty or to soften a statement. It is often used in situations where the speaker wants to convey a degree of uncertainty or to avoid making a definitive claim. <br /><br />## Step 2<br />Looking at the options, we need to identify which sentence uses hedging. <br /><br />## Step 3<br />Option A, "It is certain that transitioning to an organic diet will positively affect a person's dental health," is a definitive statement and does not express any uncertainty. <br /><br />## Step 4<br />Option B, "Data show no correlation between dental health and an organic diet," is a factual statement based on data and does not express any uncertainty. <br /><br />## Step 5<br />Option C, "Regardless of the opinion of naturopaths, having an organic diet is unlikely to affect your dental health," uses the phrase "is unlikely to," which is a hedging phrase. This phrase indicates that the speaker is not certain about the effect of an organic diet on dental health, but they believe it is unlikely.