Mentor Notes on Limitation Language

Good limitation language names the boundary, not the writer’s anxiety. “Sample ends 2019” beats “may not reflect recent conditions” when the data truly stops.

We encourage writers to pair each strong claim with a visible caveat nearby — not to dilute the point, but to show where the floor ends.

Readers forgive narrow conclusions; they resent invisible cliffs. Our rubric rewards memos that flag one explicit unknown rather than three vague ones.