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BMO Posted 22 years ago
Vocabulary
According to my opinion
A google search shows:
According to my opinion --- ------3,700 lisitings (still correct?)
In my opinion -----------------3,280,000
a lot of trouble ------------------211,000
a lot of troubles --------------------7,200 (still correct?)
thanks.
According to my opinion --- ------3,700 lisitings (still correct?)
In my opinion -----------------3,280,000
a lot of trouble ------------------211,000
a lot of troubles --------------------7,200 (still correct?)
thanks.
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Hello BMO 1. Opinion If you always choose 'in my opinion', you won't go wrong. ) 2.
- Hello BMO 1.
- Opinion If you always choose 'in my opinion', you won't go wrong.
- ) 2.
- , where 'trouble' means 'inconvenience'; also in 'I got into a lot of trouble at school', etc.
- ' In brief, when you use 'a lot of troubles', you're usually complaining about how life is treating you.
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Hello BMO
1. Opinion
If you always choose 'in my opinion', you won't go wrong.
(Several of the Google examples of 'according to my opinion' are from texts
written by non-native speakers.)
2. Troubles
You would use 'a lot of trouble' in phrases such as 'that was a lot of trouble',
'I went to a lot of trouble', 'that gave me a lot of trou
1. Opinion
If you always choose 'in my opinion', you won't go wrong.
(Several of the Google examples of 'according to my opinion' are from texts
written by non-native speakers.)
2. Troubles
You would use 'a lot of trouble' in phrases such as 'that was a lot of trouble',
'I went to a lot of trouble', 'that gave me a lot of trou
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My 2 cents:
I normally put "people" after "according to". For example:
According to our president
according to our teacher
In a way, "according to my opinion" sounds redundant to me. (that bit is already implied by "according to") No?
I normally put "people" after "according to". For example:
According to our president
according to our teacher
In a way, "according to my opinion" sounds redundant to me. (that bit is already implied by "according to") No?
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I would not call 'according to my opinion' idiomatic. You do sometimes hear
it or read it, but it says 'Mistake!' to me.
AMO, anyways.
MrP
it or read it, but it says 'Mistake!' to me.
AMO, anyways.
MrP
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'according to myself is wrong, simply because 'according to' means ' on the authority of', and one would never quote themselves as the authority, it's just weird. That's also the reason why 'according to' is followd by the source of the opinion as it is the source that carries the authority not the opinion on its own.
cheers
cheers
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can't trust the Internet all the time. can you imagine there are 3,700 listings of "according to my opinion" on the Internet?
similarly, by my opinion, as in "this book, by my opinion, is garbage," is wrong and should be replaced by "in my opinion," but this is on the Internet.
thanks again.
similarly, by my opinion, as in "this book, by my opinion, is garbage," is wrong and should be replaced by "in my opinion," but this is on the Internet.
thanks again.
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Dalila,
you're right. But if I want to sound arrogant, I can say "according to me". Right?
e.g.
A: "According to my opinion" is just plain wrong!
B: Wrong according to whom?
A: Me/yours truly/moi
On second thought, "according to" can be followed by a source.
e.g. According to the latest poll
according to Encyclopedia Brittanica
you're right. But if I want to sound arrogant, I can say "according to me". Right?
e.g.
A: "According to my opinion" is just plain wrong!
B: Wrong according to whom?
A: Me/yours truly/moi
On second thought, "according to" can be followed by a source.
e.g. According to the latest poll
according to Encyclopedia Brittanica
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BMO, for the sake of being working in Germany in the past I picked up the form "To my opinion" that I found out later on is not correct either! Sometimes it's a bit dangerous for non-native speakers to rely on other non-native speakers idioms or expressions in the belief they are correct...
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Julie yes we can say " according to me" since "me" is the source, as in, it may sound arrogant but it's correct grammatically LOL .
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