Opinion and thought

OPINION and THOUGHT

- Juli 26, 2020

 

Opinion is including the words of opinion and argument/ reasons.

Asking opinion:

1. Giving Opinions:

• As far as I’m concerned …
• In my opinion … In my view …
• From my point of view …
• The way I see it is (that) …
• To my mind …
• Well, I reckon (that) …
• I (strongly) believe (that) …
• I (honestly) think (that) …
• I (really) feel (that) …
• Personally speaking, I believe …
• As for me, I reckon …
• In my opinion/In my humble opinion
• I reckon/suppose
• I know
• May I?
• If you ask me
• If I were you
• To be honest
• I could be wrong, but
• I’m no expert, but
• Personally

2. Asking Opinions:

• What do you think/reckon?
• do you see what I’m getting at?
• Do you know/see what I mean?
• Do you agree with me?
• Would you go along with that?
• Would you agree with me that … ?
• What are your thoughts on that?
• Don’t you think (that) … ?

Agreeing with an Opinion

• Of course.
• This is absolutely right.
• I agree with this opinion.
• I couldn't agree more.
• I agree with what you are saying.
• I agree, I never thought of that.
• Neither do I.
• That's a good point.
• I think so too.

Disagreeing with an opinion

• I am sorry, I don't agree with you.
• I am not sure I agree with you.
• I don't agree with you.
• I am afraid I have to disagree with you.
• I do not believe that.
• By this I mean.....
• I disagree with you.
• I think you are wrong.
• That's not the same thing at all.
• It is not justified to say so.
• I am not convinced that.....
• I can't say I agree with this, and here's why.....

GENERIC STRUCTURE

subject	Verb	object
I	Agree	With what you are saying.
We	Believe	This is not the right way to handle things.
I	Reckon	This could be right considering the reasons you have provided
I	Agree	That I didn’t look at it from this perspective.
I	Doubt	That this is possible
We	Assume	You are biased on this issue
I	Don’t agree	With you
I	Think	You are mistaken
I	Think	So too

           LEXICOGRAMMATICAL

No.	Language component	Contain
1	Personal pronoun
	(subject)	I, we, they, you
	(object)	You. it
2	verb	Agree, believe, reckon, doubt, assume, think
3	noun	Say, way, thing, reason, issue
4	adverb	Possible, mistaken