<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Lavalamp @ Jan 21 2008, 10:35 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MyNetsForLife @ Jan 21 2008, 09:38 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The word opinion should only be used to describe something that is neither true or false. If I were to say GMJigga's nonexisting pants are ugly, that'd be an opinion because I can't back it up, even if it's general consensus.
Someone may think I posses the qualities of a 14 year old, while others may not. That is debatable. But something that is definite, like age, or saying something, is not.
I either am, or I'm not. He either said it, or he didn't.</div>
An opinion is just what a person thinks about something. It has nothing to do whether its true or not. You could change the words "in my opinion" with "I personally believe". Although people have a tendency to say it when they don't want to state it as a fact.
I could say "In my opinion, the sky is blue." Sounds weird, but it still works.
In my opinion, George Bush is President.
"I personally believe George Bush is President."
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Fundamentally, an opinion cannot be true or false.
1. a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty.
There are sufficient grounds to prove that Bush is president, and to prove I'm 14. But not sufficient enough to prove that Jigga's nonexisting pants are ugly.