Opinion and Thought

 

OPINION

 

Opinion is basically a statement about what you have in mind about something, either agree or disagree, pro or con and so on. Opinion is a thought or belief about something or someone , the thoughts or beliefs that a group of people have, a judgement about someone or something.

 

 

Asking opinion:

Formal:

- Have you got any comments on …..

- Do you have any idea?

- Do you have any opinion on ……

- Would you give me your opinion on……….?

- What is your reaction to ……

- What is your opinion about……….?

- What are you feeling about………….?

- What are your views on……….?

- Please give me your frank opinion?

 

Informal

- What do you think of…….?

- What do you think about………?

- What is your opinion?

- Why do they behave like that?

- Do you think it’s going?

- How do you like?

- How was the trip?

- How do you think of Rina’s idea?

- How do you feel about this diction?

 

Giving opinion

Formal :

- I personally believe …..

- I personally consider ….

- I personally think /feel ….

- I hold the opinion ….

- My own view of the matter is ……

- Well, personally …….

- If I had my view, I would …..

 

Informal

- I think I like it.

- I don’t think I care for it.

- I think it’s good/nice/terrific……..

- I think that awful/not nice/terrible…………

- I don’t think much of it.

- I think that……..

- In my opinion, I would rather……….

- In my case …..

- What I’m more concerned with ….

- What I have in my mind is………

- The way I see is that…………

- No everyone will agree with me, but ….

- To my mind …..

- From my point of view ….

- If you aks me, I feel ….

- Absolutely ………

 

 

Generally:

-          Some people believe that............

-          Some people say that.........

-          It is considered..............

-          Almost everyone.............

-          Most people agree with...............

 

 

This is how to respond opinion

Agreeing with an opinion

 

We use these words and phrases to agree with someone else's point of view:

 

·        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 :

We use these words and phrases to disagree with someone else's point of view:

·        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...

 

Dialog opinion :

Pinkan : I love these two watches. But I have to choose one. What do you think? Which one is suited to me?

Della : I think, the pink watch is suited to you.

Pinkan : Really? But the grey one has a beautiful design.

Della : You’re right. But the grey color doesn’t suited to you isn’t?

Pinkan : Yeah, you’re right..

Della : I have an idea! Let’s find a watch which has pink color, but the design is similar to the grey one?

Pinkan : Yes, That’s sounds good!

THOUGHT

 

A thought is the act of thiking about or considering something an idea or opinion or a set of ideas about a particular subject. Thoughts are actually ideas or what you think about something. It can be an opinion, solution, critics etc.

The use of the word thought in English can be in the form of simple past tense when using it as verb 2. If thought is used as verb 3, then the form is present or past perfect tense. Whereas in the form of nouns, thought is used as an object.

Here is an example of using thought in simple past tense, perfect tense and as noun.

 

Examples of Using Thought in Simple Past Tense :

 

·        I Thought I would never see you again.

·        She thought that loving him was the right thing until she caught him cheating.

·        He thought his life was the hardest until he saw a person who had to sell his kidney to pay his child’s surgery.

·        We thought it would be great to built a tent on the backyard for the sleepover.

·        I can’t believe my boyfriend did something I thought he wouldn’t.

·        She finally got what she thought she would never get.

·        We never thought that we would be this close.

 

Examples of Using Thought in Perfect Tense :

 

·        I haven’t thought about marriage and having kids because I still want to enjoy being single.

·        She has thought about getting much money when she only worked as a waiter.

·        My mom hasn’t thought that I could get my own hand phone.

·        They have never thought they would experience this much loss.

 

Examples of Using Thought as a Noun :

·        I can’t get rid of the thought of losing him.

·        After all this time, she still can’t lose the thought of him.

·        When the night comes, it’s getting harder to avoid this bad thought.

·        Every person has their own thought about something.

·        Although they have different thoughts about the project, they still manage to work together.

 

Giving thoughts:

 

    I have an idea...

    I think ...

    I suppose such is a good idea

    I have to say such is mistaken

    it should be...

    it should have been...

   

   

Dialog Thought

Pinkan : I can’t believe jay did something I thought he wouldn’t.

Della :

Pinkan : Yes, He buy play station 4

Della : Every person has their own thought about something.

Pinkan : But it wasteful

   

   

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you can see the difference between a thought and an opinion. A thought is static, while an opinion is active. Thoughts are ideas or sets of ideas about a particular subject. It has in mind. An opinion expresses a belief about something that is held with confidence in the mind but is not substantiated by positive knowledge or evidence. It tends to be directed toward the end that is planned in the mind.

I felt troubled when looking for material about thoughts but yes I finally found the article, I hope what I find is right.

 

 

 

 

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