Opinion on/of/about college life

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Hello,I have problem with a sentence. This is the sentence:Jennifer's opinion on/of/about college life was ridiculous.I don't know which preposition is ok in here. I have asked this question in two other forums but native English speakers gave me different answers so that I decided to ask it here too. Because I'm confused by receiving different responses.One of the native English speakers told me: " You can use all of them (on/of/about)The other told me: "You can use 'of' because it's natural"Another one told me: "Use about"Most of them told me "of" is more natural than the others because [college life] is something specific.This is my confusion (questions): As you know we usually use [opinion of] for specific things or persons. Like: this flower-that car-Alex-my father ...etc.But why do they call a [college life] a specific thing? Isn't it general? I wonder why they use [of] for [college life]? It isn't a specific thing. I have mentioned the specific things above.You see my confusion? I will be happy if you solve this confusion of mine. Many thanks in advance.

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

sb70012Jennifer's opinion on/of/about college life was ridiculous.I don't know which preposition is ok in here

They are all OK.

sb70012I will be happy if you solve this confusion of mine.

I hope I have.

Blue Jay · Answer

sb70012, I have removed your posts, and posted them where the Moderators can see them. We are aware of your disagreement with fivejedjon.
I am a disinterested party in this matter, as I do not contribute on other English learning forums, but I will share some thoughts with you. We do not allow duplicate posts on this site. If you post a question here, and get an answer, we will be upset if you post the same question again tomorrow. In principle, you are free to ask the same question elsewhere. However, several of our senior members, such as fivejedjon, contribute on other sites as well. To them, if you post a question that they feel has been answered already on two or three other sites, it is as though you had posted it repeatedly here, and they become upset. In the case of the question you asked at the beginning of this thread, you made it clear that you had asked it elsewhere, and explained why you were asking it again. I see nothing wrong with this, and I doubt fivejedjon would object either. On the other hand, if he (or I) knew you had received the same answer to a question on three sites already, it is hardly surprising that he (or I) would think "You have been given the answer three times already. Why are you wasting our time asking again?"
Now, one other thing: fivejedjon has decades of experience as an English teacher, and has a knowledge of English far beyond that of the average native speaker. He is one of the most active members, and one of the busiest moderators, on this site, as well as being an active contributor and moderator elsewhere. Like all of us here, he is an unpaid volunteer. Do you think it appropriate to post complaints about someone who devotes so much time to helping others for no reward other than the satisfaction of knowing that he has helped someone?

Sb70012 · Answer

I knew you (or his co-workers) sure will support him. Never mind.

Thanks for this helpful forum.

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