Expressing opinion

Expressing Your Opinion

American Pragmatics and Culture

Spring 2012

Ms. Candice Quiñones

Expressing Opinion

Opinion- how an individual feels about something.*Note: An opinion may contain or be based on facts, but an

opinion should never be stated as a fact.

Expressing Personal Opinions

• Start with a phrase like:• In my experience…• As far as I'm concerned…• Speaking for myself…• In my opinion…• Personally, I think…• I'd say that…• I'd suggest that…• I'd like to point out that…• I believe that…• What I mean is…

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Expressing Personal Opinions

• State your opinion• Ex. “I think that the library should be open

longer.”

• Then, provide reasons and evidence to support your opinion.• Examples:• “It closes at 8 pm, and I am usually studying

until 10 pm, which means I have to find a new place to go.”

• “It is inconvenient to have to interrupt my studying.”

Expressing General Opinion

• To express general points of view, start with: • It is thought that...• Some people say that...• It is considered...• It is generally accepted that...


Expressing General Opinion

• Then, make the opinion clear, in statement form.• Ex. “Many people say that he is a bad leader.”

• Then, provide reasons and details to support the opinion.• Examples:• “He is a poor public speaker.”• “He has made our relationships worse, not

better.”

Responding To Opinion

• You can agree or disagree.

Agreeing with an Opinion

• Of course.

• You're absolutely right.

• Yes, I agree.

• I think so too.

• That's a good point.

• Exactly.

• I don't think so either.

• So do I.

• I'd go along with that.

• That's true.

• Neither do I.

• I agree with you entirely.

• That's just what I was thinking.

• I couldn't agree more.


Disagreeing with an Opinion

• That's different.

• I don't agree with you.

• However…

• That's not entirely true.

• On the contrary…

• I'm sorry to disagree with you, but…

• Yes, but don't you think…

• That's not the same thing at all.

• I'm afraid I have to disagree.

• I'm not so sure about that.

• I must take issue with you on that.

• It's unjustifiable to say that...


What is your opinion?

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