Expressing Your Opinion American Pragmatics and Culture Spring

Expressing Your Opinion American Pragmatics and Culture Spring 2012 Ms. Candice Quiñones

Expressing 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… http: //www. vocabulary. cl/Lists/Opinions. htm

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. . . http: //www. vocabulary. cl/Lists/Opinions. htm

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. • I'd go along with that. • You're absolutely right. • That's true. • Yes, I agree. • Neither do I. • I think so too. • I agree with you entirely. • That's a good point. • That's just what I was thinking. • Exactly. • I don't think so either. • So do I. http: //www. vocabulary. cl/Lists/Opinions. htm • 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… at all. • I'm afraid I have to disagree. • I'm not so sure about that. • I must take issue with you on that. • I'm sorry to disagree with • It's unjustifiable to say you, but… that. . . • Yes, but don't you think… • That's not the same thing http: //www. vocabulary. cl/Lists/Opinions. htm

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