Opinion & Thought 1

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Opinion & Thought

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How are you? I hope all of you still healthy in this moment. Now, i would like to tell you about opinion and thought. It's about the definition, formula, and others. And also, i will give the examples of each sentences. Alright, Let's check this out!

Opinion

What is opinion? Quoted from lexico, opinion is a view or judgement formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge. Meanwhile, according to Oxford opinion is your feelings or thoughts about somebody or something, rather than a fact. So, from the explanation above, it can be seen that the opinion is not a concrete fact. But, opinion is just an view or judgment from someone to something. The purpose of expressing opinion is to express opinions, ideas or concept from the point of view of others about a phenomenon (topic of discussion) that is happening. 

We can use the expression of opinion at times when we are negotiating, expressing opinions, or just chatting with a friend, we often say/express agree or disagree with others. But we don't fight for our own opinions, so we must know how to show empathy with different opinions and also disagree without sounding aggressive so that the ongoing conversation seems monotonous.

Characteristics of opinion, such as:

Containing Personal Opinion or Others Opinion

Subjective Nature

Using Relative Words

Cannot be proven true

No Resource or Source

Usually shows something that doesn't necessarily happen

Contains Responses to an Event

Examples of formulas that can be used to giving opinions, such as:

In my experience …

Speaking for myself …

Personally, I think …

I believe that …

I really feel that …

If you ask me ...

In my opinion…

Some people say that…

Many/Most people think/believe that …

Everybody knows that …

According to scientists …

The thing is that …

The point is that …

Examples of formulas that can be used to asking opinions, such as:

What about ... ?

How do you feel about … ?

How do you like ?

How was the … ?

Do you have an idea ?

How do you feel about this ?

What do you think of … ?

What is your opinion of … ?

What are your views on … ?

What are your feelings about … ?

Example :

Everyone knows that technology of this year is getting more sophisticated and everyone uses it

Personally, i think your food is a little bit salty

In my experience if you follow the recipe well, then your dish will be nice and tasty

Some people say that math is easier than chemistry

I believe that age will not be able to prevent us from doing something great

I strongly believe that taking away our local bus will have serious consequences for the people who live here

Examples of accepting and rejecting opinions :

I don’t think I care for it

I don’t think much of it

I think that would be awful

I think you’re wrong

Absolutely not!

No way!

I strongly disagree…

I simply can’t agree to this

I think of the opposite

I have a different opinion about it

Exactly

I agree

That’s true

I wouldn’t say it better

I couldn’t agree more

You’re perfectly right

That’s just what I was thinking

I’m of the same opinion

Thought

What is thought? 'Thought' is the third form of the verb think. 'Thought' can refer to the ideas or arrangements of ideas that result from thinking, the act of producing thoughts, or the process of producing thoughts. Although 'thought' is a fundamental human activity familiar to everyone, there is no generally accepted agreement as to what thought is or how it is created. Thoughts are the result or product of spontaneous acts of thinking. 

Thought can only be used in sentences in the past simple tense and perfect tenses. Thought can also function as a noun. "Thought" as a noun means "thought", "idea", or "opinion" in Indonesian. Because in this context it acts as a noun, then its use is also the same as other nouns.

Example of 'thought' in simple past tense :

I thought i would never complete this task

I thought he sent a message yesterday

Adhi thought i was arrived last night

Raka finally got what he thought he would never get

They never thought that this all happened

I thought we were going to the beach

Example of 'thought' in Perfect Tense :

I thought Cielo has bought a new house

Isan hasn’t thought i can do it

They have never thought they would experience this much loss

I thought Raka has started his own business

Example of 'thought' as noun :

Everyone has their own thought for their future

Cielo still can't get rid of his bad thoughts towards Raka

Me and isan have different thoughts about this book

After this incident he could not stop Thought about it

Everyone has different thoughts on something

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