In general, I'd have to agree with this. But in some circumstances, it can be justified. An ILI, for example, wouldn't talk about things they like for too long since they prefer to look at what's missing (negativism). Thus, someone using the words "I love" excessively is probably not ILI.
It's best to use someone's language as a guide to see which (signed) functions they prefer rather than concluding someone's type based on their language. This works because language is the manifestation of our thought process and our thought process is predominantly governed by our preferred and strong functions; but, at the same time, we speak and think so much in a day that there is bound to be variability, meaning that hard standards would be overly simplistic.



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