Agreeing and disagreeing with opinions
● some common
expressions that are used to ask about opinion:
− What do you think about.…? / are you against or for....? /Do you think
that…….?
− What’s your opinion about…..? /Do you really believe that…..? / How do
you see…….?
− Are you absolutely sure that….? / How do you feel about….? /What are
your ideas about…..?
− Am I right in thinking that…? / don’t you think that……?
● some common
expressions that are used to give opinions:
• Informal way:
− to be honest……./ I feel
that……../ I reckon……../ I don’t feel……./ if you ask me……./ to my mind……/ I
guess……../ the way I see it is……./ what I reckon is…………
• Formal way:
− it seems to that…../ I
would argue that..../ I don’t agree that......./ I’m sure that……/ I’m convinced
that…./ I strongly believe that……/ from my point of view…. / I tend to think
that/ in my opinion…../ in my view……/ I don’t think…../ I’m absolutely
convinced that……/ I don’t believe that…/ I have no doubts that…../ as far as I
am concerned…/ I’d like to point that..
Some expressions
that are used to agree and disagree with opinions:
A)
Agreeing with an opinion:
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− I quite agree with you
− I think so too
− I share the same view.
− That’s exactly what I was thinking my self
− You’re absolutely right
− You are quite right
− I agree completely with this idea
− This idea is partially right
− That’s good point
− I’d go along with that
− You are right at point
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B) Disagreeing with an
opinion:
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− I disagree with you
− I don’t think so
− I think this idea is bad
− I think this idea is possible, but…..
− I don’t agree with this idea
− That’s different
− That’s not entirely true
− I’m sorry to disagree with you, but…
− That’s not the same thing at all
− I’m afraid I can’t agree with you
− I see what you mean, but…….
− I’m afraid, I don’t agree.
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