Giving your opinion – expressing your attitiude: any topic
Model:
- I’m absolutely convinced that if you read a litle every day your reading will improve over a period of several months.
- I’m absolutely convinced that everybody can learn to speak a second language fluently.
aMeaning / synonyms:
- Meaning is easy – “I strongly believe..”
- “I strongly believe that..” “I am completely convinced that..”
Use / Pattern:
- Speaking / writing: followed by clause – make sure your clause is correct.
- “I’m absolutely convinced that people who learn English in a country where it is spoken can learn faster.”
- Note the nouns in bold: they are followed by a relative clause.
- The main verb in the clause is can learn.
- This is an important and useful pattern.
- “I’m absolutely convinced that advertising does not have the power to make people buy things they do not want to buy. Advertising shows people the products that are available, and, in fact, many companies are unsuccessful despite spending a lot of money on advertising. One example of this is the British car industry…
- Note structure: topic – expand – example
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Practice:
(1) Make a sentence using the phrase and a releative clause to give your opinion.
- people – get married young
- students – never study
(2) Make your own example.
i am strongly convinced that people who get marry young will face more difficulties.
The phrase is “absolutely convinced” – you cannot be strongly convinced.
I am strongly convinced that among people who married young can be more arguments about education and bringing up children.
I am absolutely convinced that students who study abroad can learn foreign languages faster than in their own country.
I am strongly believe that among people with obesity are very many with a lack of confidence.
I am absolutely convinced that suitable physical exercises will help them to win back the confidence in themselves.
Note: “I am strongly believe ” is not a correct pattern. (I strongly believe..)
I am completely convinced that among people who get married young there is higher percentage of divorces.
I am absolutely convinced that students who never study will not be able to become comprehensively developed and successful.
I am completely convinced that people who buy now solar panels using government’s feeding tariff, will benefit for themselves in 10 years, together with saving energy overall.
Good. The only wrong thing is that you can’t use “together with” in the last sentence. This phrase is a substitude for “and” when we are describing a chart (and requires a clause) “The chart shows XXXX together with YYYY>” It is not a general substitute. Here “as well as” would be better. If you wanted to be really careful you could note that the subjects are really different (personal and general) – although I think that it what you mean you son’t really say it. To do that is a bit more complicated: “..will benefit personally for ten years, as well as contributing to an overall reduction in energy consumption.” In general, you have to spell out points fully. Nevertheless, good.