{"id":1811,"date":"2017-02-01T09:52:05","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T09:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=1811"},"modified":"2017-02-01T09:52:05","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T09:52:05","slug":"expressing-your-opinions-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/expressing-your-opinions-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Expressing your opinions in English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To express your opinions, use an expression like <strong>I think \u2026 or I guess \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I think she is making a mistake.<\/li>\n<li>I think we should accept this offer.<\/li>\n<li>I think you ought to try again.<\/li>\n<li>I think that was a stupid thing to do.<\/li>\n<li>I guess you are right.<\/li>\n<li>I guess she has a problem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The expressions <strong>I feel \u2026 and I reckon\u2026.<\/strong> can also be used to express your opinions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I feel she is right.<\/li>\n<li>I reckon that was a mistake.<\/li>\n<li>I really feel that she is hiding something from us.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you do not think that something is true, use the expressions <strong>I don\u2019t think\u2026 or I don\u2019t believe\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I don\u2019t think she is telling the truth.<\/li>\n<li>I don\u2019t think we can trust him.<\/li>\n<li>I don\u2019t think she is coming.<\/li>\n<li>I don\u2019t think that they know each other.<\/li>\n<li>I don\u2019t think you\u2019ve met my wife.<\/li>\n<li>I don\u2019t believe she\u2019s at home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you want to ask people what they think about something, use the structure <strong>What do you think of\u2026?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2018What do you think of my new hairstyle?\u2019 \u2018Frankly, my dear, it\u2019s a disaster.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>What do you think of his new project?<\/li>\n<li>What do you think of their new apartment?<\/li>\n<li>What do you think of his new car?<\/li>\n<li>\u2018What do you think of her boyfriend?\u2019 \u2018He\u2019s a nice guy.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To ask someone if they think something is a good idea, use the structure <strong>What do you think about\u2026? or How about\u2026?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What do you think about joining an ESL program? OR How about joining an ESL program?<\/li>\n<li>What do you think about going on a vacation?<\/li>\n<li>What do you think about buying a new car?<\/li>\n<li>How about hiring a domestic help?<\/li>\n<li>How about getting that car serviced?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To express your opinions, use an expression like I think \u2026 or I guess \u2026 I think she is making a mistake. I think we should accept this offer. I think you ought to&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-1811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speaking","tag-english-speaking-lessons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1811"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1812,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1811\/revisions\/1812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}