- - What some counters start with
- - Start of a hedge
- - Start of an agreement that's not really an agreement
- - Conditional agreement starter
- - Start of a conditional agreement
- - "excellent point. and yet . . ."
- - 'I agree, and yet . . .'
- - Words before a rebuttal
- - Attempting-to-answer words
- - "Good point, however..."
- - Hedge opening
- - 'Though I agree...'
- - Words said before qualifying?
- - Qualified "okay"
- - Excuse maker's lead-in
- - Hedger's OK
- - "I agree, however ..."
- - "I'll grant you that. However ..."
- - "OK, on one condition ..."
- - Tentatively affirmative words
- - "Agreed, on one condition ..."
- - "Agreed. However ..."
- - "Right, however ..."
- - "Okay, fine"
- - However
- - On the other hand
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