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The hedge / the gentle wrap-up

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Plain English: Reflexive softeners and tidy summarizing closers — "it's understandable that…", "ultimately…", "in many ways…", an ending that gently restates everything. AI sounds friendly in a way no adult actually sounds.

Fix: Cut the hedge; end on the image or the beat, not a summary of it. Let endings be abrupt where abruptness is truer.

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