Thought And Opinion

Thought And Opinion

Hello everyone. Today I will explain a little about the material Thought And Opinion.

- OPINION

Definition : is the way you feel or think about something

Let’s look at the sentence structure to express opinions.

Subject	Verb	Object
I	Agree	With what you are saying
I	Don’t agree	With you
We	Believe	This is not the right way to handle things
I	Reckon	This could be right considering the reasons you have provided
I	Doubt	That this is possible
We	Assume	You are blased this issue
I	Think	You are mistaken
I	Don’t think	so

 Expression

  Opinions can be expressed in the ways given below:

Personal point of view	General point of view
I think ...	Most people do not agree ...
Personally, I think ...	Almost everyone ...
In my experience ...	Some people say that ...
I strongly believe that ...	Some people believe ...
As far as I am concerned ...	Of course, many argue ...
From my point of view ...	While some peple believe ...
As I understand	Generally it is accepted ...
In my opinion ...	The majority agree with ...
What I mean is ...	The majority disagree with ...
In my humble opinion ...	It is sometimes argued ...
I would like to point out that ...	While some people believe ...
To my mind ...
By this mean ...
I am compelled to say ...
I reckon ...
As I see it ...

  Agreeing or disagreeing with an opinion

Agreeing	Disagreeing
Of course	I am sorry, I don’t agree with you
This is absolutely right	I am not sure I agree with you
I agree with this opinion	I don’t agree with you
I couldn’t agree more	I am afraid I have to disagree with you
I agree, I never thought of that	I do not believe that
Neither do I	By this mean
That’s a good point	I disagree with you
I think so too	I think you are wrong
I agree with what you’re saying but have you ever..	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

  Examples:

Statement/Opinion	Agree	Disagree
Smoking should be bannned in public places	I totally agree that smoking should be banned in public places	I am sorry but I tend to disagree with you on this
Bullying is so prevalent in most schools	I couldn’t agree more with you	I think it would be wrong to generalize
Women should not work	I think so too. Women should stay at home and take care of their children	I am afraid I have todissagree with you on this
Harry Porter series is much better than Twilight series	Yes. I agree. Harry Porter series has much better and well-developed story line	It’s not justified to say because both have different plots
Online gaming should be banned	Absolutely right. It should be as it distracts students from studying.	I don’t agree with you. T is a venue for students to develop their skills

Example dialogue about Thought And Opinion

Syahdan : So, do you have lots of friends?

Andhika : I guess so.

Syahdan : What do you think makes a good friend?

Andhika : Hah... good friend... well, a good friend helps you when you have you have a problem.

Syahdan : Hmm... do you think that's the most important thing?

Andhika : Yeah, friend help each other. I really think so.

Syahdan : Well, what kinds of problems does your best friend help you with?

Andhika : Everything.

Below is a video conversation from the text above

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