MCV 30 Under 30 2021 
Follow up. When you use the word ‘generally’, do you do so with the intent to detract from a given statement, to sow doubts about the statement’s truthfulness?
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One thing that always bugs me... when you say ‘generally’, do you usually mean it in the positive, glass-half-full sense of ‘consistently’, or in the glass-half-empty sense of ‘with exceptions’?
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Last one. If someone gives you a compliment, but adds the word ‘generally’, do you then feel good or bad about it? I.e. ‘You’re generally nice’/‘You’re generally skilled’ etc
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Okay, LAST last. I wanna know if being a Brit has anything to do with how ‘generally’ is used and perceived. So, are you from the UK, and how do you feel about it?
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I guess it depends on the context' implications and what I'm trying to say? Like, gluten bread is generally fine because the minority have gluten-related problem. While, caffeine generally affects your sleep cycle, because the minority didn't get affected by it.
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Ok I just saw what I did there. Exceptions it is, then
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So, I think context, how well you know said person and cultural differences matter a lot. Not being a native speaker myself, I'd say generally means 'in general with no negative or positive load added to it'. I had no idea people could perceive it any other way.
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But, why can't it be neutral? If it can be perceived in a positive way and a negative way, maybe the truth is somewhere in the middle?
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I guess you mean as an adverb, rather than a sentence start - e.g. "Generally, I'm clear about sentence construction" vs "I'm generally clear about..."? In the former, I'd say it just means "in most cases."
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The former is still classed as an adverb, no? Those two sentences feel about the same to me — the placement didn’t change my interpretation
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