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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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as far as one's concerned

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00As far as I'm concerned, the whole idea is crazy.02br
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00Can I use 'in my opinion' instead of 'as far as I'm concerned' here without changing the original meaning?02br
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0I would say, "yes," but you might be giving up a certain "dismissive" quality. In that regard it's like, "For all I know," which may be used to introduce a sarcasm, or a perfectly serious and innocent speculation. 02br 02br 01i 00They want to tear up the old golf course and put in a housing development.

— Avangi

  • 0I would say, "yes," but you might be giving up a certain "dismissive" quality.
  • In that regard it's like, "For all I know," which may be used to introduce a sarcasm, or a perfectly serious and innocent speculation.
  • 02br 02br 01i 00They want to tear up the old golf course and put in a housing development.
  • 01u 00In my opinion02u 00, that would be a real shame.
  • 01u 00For all I know02u 00, they're just a bunch of crooks, trying to rip us off.
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0I would say, "yes," but you might be giving up a certain "dismissive" quality. In that regard it's like, "For all I know," which may be used to introduce a sarcasm, or a perfectly serious and innocent speculation. Of course, "in my opinion" is sometimes used that way too.02br
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0Hi Avangi02br
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00Many thanks for your helping with my question. However, I'm afraid I don't understand your meaning well. Do you mean the two phrases 'as far as one's concerned' and 'in one's opinion' can be used either way in sarcasm or perfectly serious and innocent speculation?02br
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00What does 01i00'they can all go pound sand'02i
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0Hi Anon,02br
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00I'd say all three of the "introductory expressions" may be used to precede the expression of positive, sincere, or serious opinions. "As far as I'm concerned" means what it says - to the extent that I'm involved, or should be entitled to comment on it. "For all I know" means I have limited knowledge of it, but this is what I believe may be the case.
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0Hi Avangi,02br
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00Thank you very much for your explanation. Do you mean 'for all I know' means 'as far as I know'?02br
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00How about other similar expressions, such as 'in my view', 'to my mind', etc.? Is their usage more like 'in my opinion'?02br
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00Thanks a lot. 0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Do you mean 'for all I know' means 'as far as I know'? 11i10 I didn't say that, but I'd definitely agree to it, with the caveat that "for all I know" would be the preferred choice in sarcastic usage.12i12br
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10How about other similar expressions, such as 'in my view', 'to my m
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0Hi Avangi,02br
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00Thank you for your kind reply. I'v been thinking about what 'for all I know' means. The dictionary said it means 02br
00'to emphasize that you do not know sth and that it is not important to you.' But you said "For all I know" means I have limited knowledge of it. Does it mean the both above?02br
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0I meant "limited knowledge" in the sense of 01b00VERY02b00 limited knowledge. (Or as your dictionary says, I don't know something.) Your dictionary's expression "that it's not important to you" is what I meant by "dismissive" in an earlier post. 01u00"I think it might be that"02u00 carries the first aspect (don't know) but it doesn't carry the se
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0Hi Avangi02br
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00Thank you very much for your explanation and helpful advice. Is it safe to use 'as far as I'm concerned' or 'for all I know' instead of 'in my opinion', which is used in a perfectly serious and innocent speculation way (no sarcasm)? 02br
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00"In my opinion, that's very sound advice; you should take it."02b
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0Hi Anon,02br
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00I would say that 01i01u00for all I know02u02i00 and 01i01u00as far as I'm concerned02u02i00 are in a class apart from all the others we've mentioned. 02br
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00(1) They 01b00MAY02b00 be used to introduce (are in fact the preferred vehic
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0Bravo, Avangi. Very good explanation! I totally understand but it takes practice to master them.0-
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