Women's language style has been stereotypically associated with all of the following EXCEPT
A) politeness.
B) indirectness and tentativeness.
C) flowery adjectives.
D) wordiness.
E) clarity.

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Women's language style has been stereotypically associated with politeness, indirectness and tentativeness, flowery adjectives, and wordiness. However, it has not been associated with lacking clarity. In fact, studies have shown that women's language style is just as clear and concise as men's language style.

Women's Language Style Has Been Stereotypically Associated with All of the Following