ABSTRACT

Such statements are rarely completely true. There is usually an exception that needs to be considered. Caution can be shown in several ways:

Crime may be linked to poor education. (modal verb)

Crime is frequently linked to poor education. (adverb)

Crime tends to be linked to poor education. (verb)

See Unit 2.7 Generalisations

Another way to express caution is to use quite, rather or fairly before an adjective.