How many different ways can you say I THINK…?

IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW SYNONYMS TO GET AN ADVANCED LEVEL IN ENGLISH.

 

Useful phrases to express your opinion:

• In my opinion, …
• In my eyes, …
• To my mind, …
• As far as I am concerned, …
• Speaking personally, …
• From my point of view, …
• As for me / As to me, …
• My view / opinion / belief / impression / conviction is that …
• I hold the view that …
• I would say that …
• It seems to me that …
• I am of the opinion that …
• My impression is that …
• I am under the impression that …
• It is my impression that …
• I have the feeling that …
• My own feeling on the subject is that …
• I have no doubt that …
• I am sure / I am certain that …
• I think / consider / find / feel / believe / suppose / presume / assume/reckon that …
• I hold the opinion that …
• I dare say that …
• I guess that …
• I bet that ….
• I gather that …
• It goes without saying that …
• In my point of view
• From where I am standing
• I hold a strong opinion on/about
• I have reason to believe
• It´s a matter of opinion, but…
• I have the suspicion that
• I share your opinion on
• The way I see it is…
• It seems obvious to me that

 

To express general opinions, a great thing to do is to use “the impersonal passive”:

• It is thought that
• It is generally believed that
• It is said that
• It is widely known that
• It is often stated that

 

You can also make reference to the general public:

• Most people think that
• The majority of people believe
• People say that
• Everyone thinks that
• Everybody believes that

 

For some speaking practice on the topic of opinions, see HERE and HERE

 

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