Evaluating past actions or course of events
Expressing reservations
Hypothesising
Evaluating options
Expressing regrets, wishes and hopes
Expressing opinions tentatively
Expressing empathy or sympathy
Expressing beliefs
Developing an argument
Expressing assumptions
Another benefit of this is that...
If only I had...
I’m not completely sure if...
If this happened, it would...
The advantage of this is...
I suppose it...
Don’t you think it might be...
I should have...
I'm convinced that...
I take your point, but...
