50 GREAT Phrases To Share Your Opinions Confidently In English

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Today you're going to learn 50 plus phrases  to confidently share your ideas. Of course,  
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I'm Jennifer from JForrestEnglish.com and  this channel is dedicated to helping you feel  
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confident speaking English in public so you can  take your career and your life to the next level.  
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Now before we go any further, make sure  you subscribe and hit that bell icon  
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so you're notified every time I post a new  lesson. Now let's dive in with this lesson.  
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Are you ready to add 50 plus phrases to your  vocabulary to confidently share your opinions.  
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Of course you can use this when you're in meetings  at work, you're giving a presentation, you're  
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talking to some friends or going to a networking  event, you're at a party. So you can use this in  
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more formal and informal situations as well. Now  let's get started with first sharing your personal  
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opinion. Let's say you're in a work meeting and  you have an idea you want to share with everyone.  
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We should hire a marketing expert to build  our website. You can absolutely say that,  
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but you can sound more professional, more advanced  if you use an opinion word. Now there are many  
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different phrases you can use to share your  personal opinion. I recommend starting with  
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two to three that you like the most. And then you  can add more once you get comfortable with them,  
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so you have variety and you're not always using  the same one. Here's the list, in my opinion,  
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as far as I'm concerned, from my perspective,  from my point of view, personally, I think that,  
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in my view, I'd say that, I believe  that, I strongly/firmly believe that,  
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I'm convinced that, there's no doubt in my mind  that, I feel that, in my mind, it seems to me  
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that. So let's take our idea again. We should  hire a marketing expert to build our website. As  
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far as I'm concerned, we should hire a marketing  expert. In my opinion, in my mind, personally,  
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I think that we should hire a marketing expert.  So you can use any one of these. And remember,  
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variety is key. You don't always want to say:  in my opinion. You can absolutely use it,  
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but you want to have variety. Now let's  talk about agreeing with an opinion.  
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So you're in a meeting and a colleague says,  we should postpone the conference. Or your  
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colleague uses an opinion word and says, I firmly  believe that we should postpone the conference.  
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Now let's say that you agree with your colleague,  what can you say? Well, again, here's a big list.  
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Start with one to two and add them as you  get comfortable. I agree. I agree with you.  
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I think so too. That's a good point. You're  right. Definitely. Absolutely. I second that.  
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I couldn't have said it better myself. I couldn't  agree more. We're on the same page. You hit the  
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nail on the head. So your colleague says, from my  perspective, we should postpone the conference.  
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And you say, I couldn't agree more. We should  postpone the conference. You're right. We should  
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postpone the conference. Absolutely. We should  postpone the conference. I agree with you.  
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Now let's say your colleagues shared an opinion  that started with, I don't think. I don't think  
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we should postpone the conference. Personally,  I don't think we should postpone the conference.  
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We have one very specific phrase that you can use  when you want to agree with a negative opinion.  
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Do you know what that is? In my mind, I don't  think we should postpone the conference. Neither  
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do I. Neither do I. You only use this when you're  agreeing with 'I don't think'. Neither do I.  
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Now let's talk about disagreeing with an opinion.  So you're in a meeting and your colleague says,  
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in my mind, we should look for a new supplier. Now  you don't agree. What can you say? You can say,  
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I disagree with you. I'm afraid I disagree. On the  contrary. I understand where you're coming from,  
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but. I respect your opinion, but. That's a good  point, however. I see your point, but. I have a  
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different perspective. I think. Can I share my  opinion? That's one way of looking at it. But  
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have you considered the fact that? Now, the  first one I shared, I disagree with you,  
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is probably the least commonly used because  it sounds argumentative. And we generally  
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want to say this softly to someone. So it's  way more common to say ,I'm afraid. I'm afraid  
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I disagree with you. It makes it a lot softer. Or  you can acknowledge that, I respect your opinion,  
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but I don't think that's a good idea. I respect  your opinion, but I think we should keep our  
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supplier. My personal favorite in this category  is, I understand where you're coming from but.  
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And then you share your opinion or whatever  information you'd like. I understand where  
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you're coming from. This is another way of saying  I respect your opinion. I understand where you're  
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coming from. But right now isn't the best time to  change our suppliers because it's our busiest time  
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of year. We should wait until Q4. And remember,  you can add your personal opinion words as well.  
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From my perspective, in my mind, from my point  of view, we should wait until Q4. So you can  
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absolutely combine these different opinion words  together. Now let's talk about sharing a general  
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opinion. So something that most people would agree  with. Here's a statement. Repetition is key when  
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you're learning any new skill. Now I personally  believe this, but it's not my opinion per se.  
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This is just a commonly held opinion by most  people, by many different people. So here are  
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some general opinion words you can use. It's said  that. It's believed that. I've heard that. It's  
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considered that. It's generally accepted that.  Most agree that. Some say that. It goes without  
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saying that. Researchers/experts suggest that.  So I could say, it's generally accepted that  
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repetition is key when you're learning any new  skill. And personally, I agree. And personally,  
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I couldn't have said it better myself. So you  absolutely can share a general opinion but then  
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agree with that general opinion using one of the  phrases you've already learned. Or maybe you want  
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to disagree with this statement. Well then, of  course you can use one of the phrases to disagree.  
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On the contrary, repetition isn't that important.  I'm afraid I disagree. Repetition isn't that  
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important. In my mind, and then you can share your  opinion. And finally, let's talk about how to ask  
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someone for their opinion. So let's say I shared a  general opinion. Most agree that repetition is key  
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when learning a new skill. And I want to ask for  your opinion on this specific topic. I can say,  
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Do you agree? What's your opinion? What do you  think? What are your thoughts? What's your view?  
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How do you see the situation? What's your  take on it? What about you? How about you?  
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Has that been your experience? What has your  experience been? Are we on the same page?  
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Is that something you would support too? So,  if you're talking to someone who's currently  
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learning a new skill, it would be really  interesting to ask them, has that been your  
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experience? What are your thoughts on that? Do  you agree? So now you have 50 plus phrases that  
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you can use in any situation, formal or informal,  professional meeting, casual party with friends,  
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to talk about opinions. Because everybody loves  sharing their opinion. Right? So now you get to  
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share your opinion! I want you to share either  a personal or a general opinion related to the  
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subject of languages in the comments below.  And the fun part, you can look in the comments  
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and then you can reply back to the other students  and you can agree or you can disagree or maybe  
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you can even ask someone more information about  their opinion. Try to use the different opinion  
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words that you learned in this lesson. So have  fun in the comments below. And if you found this  
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video helpful, please hit the like button, share  it with your friends and of course subscribe.  
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And in my opinion, it's really beneficial. Would  you agree? And until next time, happy studying!
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