CHAPTER 2 PART 1: Opinion

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Opinions & Thoughts
Opinions are a means to express thoughts or feelings about something. This opinion can be about a person or thing. Well, when we want to express an opinion, it is important to provide reasons or examples to strengthen our opinion.

When you want to give an opinion, or thoughts, then you have to understand first, you are giving a personal opinion (personal opinion) or general opinion (general opinion). Here's an expression you can use.


1. Expressions of General Opinions
This expression is used to give an opinion in general, or according to a general view. this general view is a counterbalance and helps to avoid absolute opinion.
Example : 
Most of people do not agree…(banyak orang tidak setuju…)
Almost everyone think…(hampir setiap orang berpikir…)
Some people say that…(beberapa orang mengatakan bahwa…)

2. Expressions of Personal Opinions
This expression is used to convey views, opinions or thoughts personally.
Example :
In my opinion… (menurut pendapatku…)
I think… (saya pikir…)
I personally think… (saya pribadi berpendapat…)

To give opinions or thoughts, they usually use special verbs including agree, believe, reckon, doubt, assume, and think. The formula used is as follows.

Subject + Verb + Object
I (Saya)
agree (setuju)
With what you are saying (dengan apa yang kamu katakan)

We(kami)
believe (percaya)
This is not the right way to handle things (ini bukan cara yang baik untuk mengatasi ini)

I (Saya)
doubt (ragu) 
That this is possible (bahwa ini mungkin terjadi)

We (kami)
believe (percaya)
That this is possible (ini bukan cara yang baik untuk mengatasi ini)

We (kami)
assume (berasumsi)
You are biased on the issue (kamu bias dengan masalah ini)

We (kami)
think (pikir)
You are mistaken (kamu salah)
 
Well, those are some examples of sentences giving opinions and thoughts that you can learn. What if we want to accept or reject the opinion? For more details, see the review as follows:

3. Agreeing with an opinion
If you agree with an opinion, then you can express it as follows:
Of course (tentu saja)
This is absolutely right (ini sangat benar)
I agree with this opinion (saya setuju dengan pendapatmu)

4. Disagreeing with an opinion
Well, if you don't agree with the opinion of your friends or other people, then you can use the following expression.
Sorry. I don’t agree with you (maaf. Saya tidak setuju denganmu)
I am not sure I agree with you (saya gak yakin setuju dengan pendapatmu)
I am afraid I have to disagree with you (maaf saya tidak sependapat denganmu)

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