50+ Phrases To Share Opinions Confidently In English

Today you're going to learn 50 plus phrases  to confidently share your ideas. Of course,  

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Are you ready to add 50 plus phrases to your  vocabulary to confidently share your opinions.  

Of course you can use this when you're in meetings  at work, you're giving a presentation, you're  

talking to some friends or going to a networking  event, you're at a party. So you can use this in  

more formal and informal situations as well. Now  let's get started with first sharing your personal  

opinion. Let's say you're in a work meeting and  you have an idea you want to share with everyone.  

We should hire a marketing expert to build  our website. You can absolutely say that,  

but you can sound more professional, more advanced  if you use an opinion word. Now there are many  

different phrases you can use to share your  personal opinion. I recommend starting with  

two to three that you like the most. And then you  can add more once you get comfortable with them,  

so you have variety and you're not always using  the same one. Here's the list, in my opinion,  

as far as I'm concerned, from my perspective,  from my point of view, personally, I think that,  

in my view, I'd say that, I believe  that, I strongly/firmly believe that,  

I'm convinced that, there's no doubt in my mind  that, I feel that, in my mind, it seems to me  

that. So let's take our idea again. We should  hire a marketing expert to build our website. As  

far as I'm concerned, we should hire a marketing  expert. In my opinion, in my mind, personally,  

I think that we should hire a marketing expert.  So you can use any one of these. And remember,  

variety is key. You don't always want to say:  in my opinion. You can absolutely use it,  

but you want to have variety. Now let's  talk about agreeing with an opinion.  

So you're in a meeting and a colleague says,  we should postpone the conference. Or your  

colleague uses an opinion word and says, I firmly  believe that we should postpone the conference.  

Now let's say that you agree with your colleague,  what can you say? Well, again, here's a big list.  

Start with one to two and add them as you  get comfortable. I agree. I agree with you.  

I think so too. That's a good point. You're  right. Definitely. Absolutely. I second that.  

I couldn't have said it better myself. I couldn't  agree more. We're on the same page. You hit the  

nail on the head. So your colleague says, from my  perspective, we should postpone the conference.  

And you say, I couldn't agree more. We should  postpone the conference. You're right. We should  

postpone the conference. Absolutely. We should  postpone the conference. I agree with you.  

Now let's say your colleagues shared an opinion  that started with, I don't think. I don't think  

we should postpone the conference. Personally,  I don't think we should postpone the conference.  

We have one very specific phrase that you can use  when you want to agree with a negative opinion.  

Do you know what that is? In my mind, I don't  think we should postpone the conference. Neither  

do I. Neither do I. You only use this when you're  agreeing with 'I don't think'. Neither do I.  

Now let's talk about disagreeing with an opinion.  So you're in a meeting and your colleague says,  

in my mind, we should look for a new supplier. Now  you don't agree. What can you say? You can say,  

I disagree with you. I'm afraid I disagree. On the  contrary. I understand where you're coming from,  

but. I respect your opinion, but. That's a good  point, however. I see your point, but. I have a  

different perspective. I think. Can I share my  opinion? That's one way of looking at it. But  

have you considered the fact that? Now, the  first one I shared, I disagree with you,  

is probably the least commonly used because  it sounds argumentative. And we generally  

want to say this softly to someone. So it's  way more common to say ,I'm afraid. I'm afraid  

I disagree with you. It makes it a lot softer. Or  you can acknowledge that, I respect your opinion,  

but I don't think that's a good idea. I respect  your opinion, but I think we should keep our  

supplier. My personal favorite in this category  is, I understand where you're coming from but.  

And then you share your opinion or whatever  information you'd like. I understand where  

you're coming from. This is another way of saying  I respect your opinion. I understand where you're  

coming from. But right now isn't the best time to  change our suppliers because it's our busiest time  

of year. We should wait until Q4. And remember,  you can add your personal opinion words as well.  

From my perspective, in my mind, from my point  of view, we should wait until Q4. So you can  

absolutely combine these different opinion words  together. Now let's talk about sharing a general  

opinion. So something that most people would agree  with. Here's a statement. Repetition is key when  

you're learning any new skill. Now I personally  believe this, but it's not my opinion per se.  

This is just a commonly held opinion by most  people, by many different people. So here are  

some general opinion words you can use. It's said  that. It's believed that. I've heard that. It's  

considered that. It's generally accepted that.  Most agree that. Some say that. It goes without  

saying that. Researchers/experts suggest that.  So I could say, it's generally accepted that  

repetition is key when you're learning any new  skill. And personally, I agree. And personally,  

I couldn't have said it better myself. So you  absolutely can share a general opinion but then  

agree with that general opinion using one of the  phrases you've already learned. Or maybe you want  

to disagree with this statement. Well then, of  course you can use one of the phrases to disagree.  

On the contrary, repetition isn't that important.  I'm afraid I disagree. Repetition isn't that  

important. In my mind, and then you can share your  opinion. And finally, let's talk about how to ask  

someone for their opinion. So let's say I shared a  general opinion. Most agree that repetition is key  

when learning a new skill. And I want to ask for  your opinion on this specific topic. I can say,  

Do you agree? What's your opinion? What do you  think? What are your thoughts? What's your view?  

How do you see the situation? What's your  take on it? What about you? How about you?  

Has that been your experience? What has your  experience been? Are we on the same page?  

Is that something you would support too? So,  if you're talking to someone who's currently  

learning a new skill, it would be really  interesting to ask them, has that been your  

experience? What are your thoughts on that? Do  you agree? So now you have 50 plus phrases that  

you can use in any situation, formal or informal,  professional meeting, casual party with friends,  

to talk about opinions. Because everybody loves  sharing their opinion. Right? So now you get to  

share your opinion! I want you to share either  a personal or a general opinion related to the  

subject of languages in the comments below.  And the fun part, you can look in the comments  

and then you can reply back to the other students  and you can agree or you can disagree or maybe  

you can even ask someone more information about  their opinion. Try to use the different opinion  

words that you learned in this lesson. So have  fun in the comments below. And if you found this  

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And in my opinion, it's really beneficial. Would  you agree? And until next time, happy studying!