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Lutfi Lukman Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

my opinion / my personal opinion

My friend said that saying "my personal opinion" is considered verbose. If it's your own opinion, it is definitely personal. That goes without saying.

It's not grammatically wrong, I know. But is it inaccurate to say "my personal opinion" or "his personal opinion" and so on?

Examples:
In my personal opinion, the dress is pretty.
I think the dress is pretty, but that's just my personal opinion.

Should we just discard the word 'personal'?
  

Top answer

The word 'personal' just adds a bit of emphasis. But if you say it constantly, it will start to seem silly and even irritating. In my opinion.

— Clive

  • The word 'personal' just adds a bit of emphasis.
  • But if you say it constantly, it will start to seem silly and even irritating.
  • In my opinion.
  • Clive
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The word 'personal' just adds a bit of emphasis. But if you say it constantly, it will start to seem silly and even irritating.
In my opinion.
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I think that adding educated, informed or estimated to 'opinion' is better for emphasis, rather than adding the redundant (not really verbose) personal.
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People can use it to imply "But I understand and accept that others may have different opinions." It's particularly apt if you are part of an organization and the organization's "official" stance is different from your own.

I agree with Clive that if you use it too often, it sounds silly, but if you really want to emphasize that your opinion is not shared or may not be shared.
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Thank you for the enlightenment. I guess it's not entirely wrong after all. I also think that when we include 'personally', it emphasizes the fact that the opinion is not influenced by others.

Thank you everyone!
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