OPINIONS AND THOUGHTS

                            Opinions

   An opinion is the way you feel or think about something. Our opinion about something or someone is based on our perspective. Whenever we give or express our opinion, it is important to give reasoning or an example to support our opinion.

       We can use collocations to express opinions, for example strong argument, strong criticism, strong denial, strong opinion, strong resistance, quite strongly.

Let's look at the sentence structure to express opinions

• Expressions

   Opinions can be expressed in the ways given below.

  Personal Point Of View

• In my opinion...
• What i mean is...
• In my humble opinion..
• I think...

 General Point Of View

• Most people don't agree...
• Almost everyone...
• Some people say that...

Agreeing with an Opinion

• Of course
• This is absolutely right
• I agree with this opinion

Disagreeing with an Opinion

• I am sorry, i don't agree with you
• I am not sure
• I don't agree with you

Example dialogue :

 

 

Azzah : I want to buy a new phone, but the options out there are overwhelming me. Any advice?

Wahyu : You can just buy the one like mine. You don’t need much for a phone, do you? 

Azzah : Not really. Can I see yours? 

Wahyu : Pretty compact even if it’s 5 inch. The interface is also user friendly. 2GB RAM and 16GB internal memory.

Azzah : What do you think of it? Is it okay? 

Wahyu : For me, it’s enough, since I only use it for texting, chatting, checking e-mails, and making calls. I rarely use it for anything other than those. 

Azzah : I don’t think it would either. When did you buy this phone of yours?

Wahyu : Around three weeks ago, I guess.

Azzah : Then the price wouldn’t be so different now. Do you think the budget fit me? 

Wahyu : I think so. It’s pretty cheap compared to any other brand with the exact same feature. Trust me. 

Azzah : Yea you right. I’ll look for it. Thanks, Wahyu.

From dialogue above we can see the expressions of asking opinion, giving opinion and agreeing an opinion:

• What do you think of it? Is it okay? (asking opinion) 

• For me, it’s enough, since I only use it for texting, chatting, checking e-mails, and making calls. I rarely use it for anything other than those. (giving opinion)

• Yea you right. I’ll look for it. Thanks, Wahyu.( agreeing an opinion) 

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