Is it Important?

It is important to have opinion on almost every thing in Life.

That reflects the knowledge, awareness ,versatility ,exposure ,
and top it all application of knowledge. One can take that
almost all subjects are 50% common sense and other 50%
could be that discipline. Of course there are exceptions where
common sense may not be helpful to that extent in fields like
medicines, rocket science etc., unless one is from such
specialized fields. One can be participative to contribute and
one needs to be probing to understand before being
understood. If a person is not having opinion and plays safe
being neutral that does not really help as the person may not
be taken seriously. Another aspect is one should not always be
highly opinionated and should be able to present a balanced
view though finally taking a side.
 7 Reasons to Never Hold Back Your Opinion

1. You'll Appear More Confident.

2. You Never Know What Could Change.
3. You'll Drive Discussion.
4. If You're Wrong, You'll Learn Why.
5. You Could Be the Voice of the Majority.
6. The Risks Are Low.
7. Regretting Action Is Better Than Regretting
Inaction.
Avoid Giving One Word Answer
So-So
Same
Sure
Of Course
Maybe
_____ for me
Nothing
Ok
 Personal Point of View
• “In my experience…”
• “As far as I’m concerned…”
• “I’m absolutely convinced…”
• “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…”
• “It’s obvious to me…”
 3 ways to give a personal opinion
1. We can express a strong opinion
– “I’m absolutely convinced that…”
– “I’m sure that…”
– “I strongly believe that…”
– “I have no doubt that…”
– “There’s no doubt in my mind that…”
 Cont.…
2. We can express our opinion neutrally
– “I think…”
– “I feel that…”
– “In my opinion…”
– “As far as I’m concerned…”
– “In my view…”
– “I tend to think that…”
– “I suppose that…”
– “It seems to me that…”
– “I must admit that I’m not sure…”
 Cont.…
• 3. We can express a subjective opinion
– “In my experience…”
– “I don’t know about other people, but I can say…”
– “What I’ve found is…”
– “As I see it…”
 General Point of View
• “It is thought that…”
• “Some people say that…”
• “It is considered…”
• “It is generally accepted that…”
• “The research seems to suggest…”
• “Apparently…”
• I’ve heard that…”
 How to ask for someone’s opinion in
English?
• “What do you think?”
• “What’s your view?”
• “How do you see the situation?”
• “What’s your opinion?”
 Agreeing with an opinion
• 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…