DO NOT SAY 'I think...' - say THIS instead - 21 more advanced alternative phrases
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- čas přidán 8. 05. 2024
- 'I think' is overused and boring - improve your spoken English with these 21 more advanced alternative phrases for 'I think'. STOP saying 'I think' and say this instead!
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Well to be perfectly honest, in my humble opinion, of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also by looking into this matter in a different perspective and without being condemning of one's view's an by trying to make it objectified , and by considering each and every one's valid opinion, I honestly believe that I completely forgot what I was going to say
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Omg lol😂😂
PERFECTION!!
As someone once said " When you talk, you repeat what you already know; when you listen, you often learn something" and I really learn a lot, thank you!
I believe that has been said by his holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
@@sambhotatenzingangschool3902 Kinda sounds like them, indeed.
-Dalai Lama
When i talk it is not uncommon that i learn at the same time, because i make connections while trying to deepen my reasoning, my thoughts to others to be the more accurate.
Talk to get corrected
I listen to all your english videos as a non-native speaker to impress an upperclass boss at work, and when I see him I get so flustered nothing comes out of my mouth😮
In my view, Lucy is is a great teacher.
She says that the " I think " is boring and use the following instead of it
2:19 I'm not going to lie (NGL)
2:55 in all honesty
3:15 in my view
3:49 if you ask me
4:08 as far as I can tell
4:27 to my mind
4:42 as far as I'm concerned
5:13 the way I see things
5:30 as I see things
6:20 it seems to me that
7:08 I believe
7:24 I would say, / I'd say
7:58 I consider ... to be ...
8:18 to me
9:23 from my point of view
9:30 it is my view that/ belief that
10:23 I reckon
11:10 I honestly believe that ...
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I give up
Surmirizing this movie, I think, she is beautifull!!
i think i should thank you.🤔😂
many thanks❤️
I think u are the best
i would say thank you
I think i am already in love
Why u use i think instead of what u type😂
She is very knowledgeable and cute in her expressions, love it
As I see things about her, Lucy is an exceptionally inspiring teacher. Not to mention her beaming n shining n attracting gestures when teaching. To me, Lucy is the most inspiring teacher ever.
It is really educative and informative lesson. Keep it up Mrs Lucy.
Good evening! Splendid video as always! For today in my English online class we had to write about our favorite CZcams channel and since your channel is my favorite, I wrote about it. We even watched a few of the alternatives in the begging and in my view it was really nifty for me, my classmates and my teacher. Thank you for the lesson!❤
I do believe that Lucy is still feeling for her ex boyfriend
I personally believe this was the cutest example of how to elevate our vocabulary! Well done! And congratulations on your up coming wedding! So exciting!!!
The best english accent as we can listening. Very clean. And the teacher so beautiful. Very english woman. Congrats for lesson!
I am currently in the process of writing my first novel, and I am going to use some of these to create my character voice, I have a character who is really Posh and some of these examples really fit her, especially number 7, number 7 really sound how she talk, love the video.
Can we just take a moment to thank Lucy for writing that juicy story 😂👌❤ and I'll surely be sharing this video with friends!
I believe I'd have been enormously entertained to see Lucy show up & make a scene!
I love the hilarious story that you wove throughout this lesson and as I see it, you did a great job! Congratulations on your upcoming wedding!
First time it's getting easier to stay focused to learn english. it's your charm that never let me distracted so thanks for helping me in learning and for your lovely presence 💗
It's quite the opposite in my case, I find it hard to concentrate due to her charm and beauty
& i like her idea about getting the book on tape to listen to the book while reading,
because then you'll connect the written spelling with proper pronunciation.
love her humor/humour...
American = Color
Brit English = Colour
Every example is connected.. Thanks a lot lucy❤️❤️
I’m not going to lie, but in all honesty I think that if you ask me I would answer that as far as I’m concerned I believe that I’m guilty of overusing ‘I think’ in my youtube videos :-)
correct
😂😂
I believe you are complex 🙄
So creative
so funny :)
“Not gonna lie,” and, “Honestly,” feel redundant to me. I try to avoid giving reason for people to believe I might otherwise be unworthy of their trust. If I’m speaking, I’m telling the truth.
I have incorporated phrases such as, “To put it bluntly,” or, “To be frank,” because these words indicate the choice to be more forward or less tactful with my honesty.
For me, "To be frank" is a feels a lot more natural than "Honestly". "Honestly" either feels like you normally aren't honest, like you said, or that you are deeply disappointed in someone else's actions... "Honestly, you couldn't wait for the others to gather around before cutting the cake?"
Yes, *_exactly_* this. The inference being that your *usual* statements may be less than truthful...
To be candid...
Concur. It's one of those phrases that's common these days. So if (American?) English isn't your first language... this will help disguise that. But there are WAY better choices that are more compelling and probably more accurate.
all these phases ( not going to lie, honesty ,to be frank, in my view, to be blunt, it u ask me ) are very confrontational. ppl will be offended and defensive when u talk like that. worst case, you wont have any friends at all.
Another wonderful lesson! I really enjoyed the story - what a great way to show the phrases in context!
The best video I've seen on this topic hand down. Super useful. Really grateful.
I love all your teachings! Fun and make it easier for me to understand.
The storytelling through examples got me so invested in the story that I completely forgot the purpose of the video. I was imagining the scenario of a mean lady who later converted into downright crazy. I must applaud your delivery with a stoic face too for that made me burst with laughter. 😂😂😂
Would love to see more videos of such format. You rock!
P.S.- Gonna watch again to remember the 21 substitutes.
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aaaaaw Alka I am soooo glad you liked it!!!
Awesome comment
Absolutely agree with you,the best way of presenting the material 🌹👍
@@EnglishwithLucy Brilliant, Lucy! entertaining, intriguing, informative, educational, and creative...well done!
crystal clear voice and academacian .. u r a great teacher
Well done teacher Lucy. I love your teaching.🙏🙏🙏
Upset with ex
Kids: cry
Legends: fight
Lucy: make a video
To my mind you're the most delicious piece of white chocolate..yummy..yummy
Ultra legends - Revenge
Another funny one
Being a foreign language teacher myself, I always enjoy a lot your lessons Lucy! You have and amazingly natural way of teaching. Thank you for your lovely sense of humour and for presenting us with such good ideas and tips. Maria L
I always love English with Lucy ! the best english teacher ever !
Excellent, I love your British accent!
I quit saying "I think" about 8 years ago I replaced it with "Legend has it"
Bahahahah
I'm intrigued
yeap! hahaha...
hahaha good one
biff binford yeah keep churning the tales 🤣🤣🤣
From my standpoint, I reckon that you do an absolute marvellous job, being so educational to us all!
The story made me smile time and again 🤣🤣🤣
Great work there Ms Lucy!
Tim
LOL I am very happy learning this stuff with such a fun story. I could feel eager to hear the next sentence. You were perfect in this class. Congrats.
I'd say I've never seen such a charming instructor, dear Lucy. I am Sooo happy you exist :-)
In my point of view you're extremely plentiful English tutor with a highly sense of humour, so congrats for us having a pretty teacher with powerful phonetic abilities
Thanks for all the info! I use these to share with my ESL students.
So much fun)) thank you. Storytelling through the English lesson is a great idea 💡 (Congratulations on your wedding!)
Absolutely loved the examples. Turned into such a funny story.😆
also loved my 69th upvote.
@@clerpington_the_fifth I upvoted to 70, but then I removed my like.
@@RobTi this man gets it
Lucy you are inspiring millions of people to speak flawless English........
thanks a lot : )
Yes,reckon is definitely used in the US most often in southern or ‘country’ speech. Also I believe native Australians use reckon quite a bit. I just want to say I love your videos and they have helped me shave down my southern pronouncement a good bit! Thanks
Yes, reckon*
It's definitely common where I live in Australia. I said it to a friend who lives in Michigan once and they seemed to not understand the word.
Sling Blade is a wonderful film with Billy Bob Thornton (as writer, director and actor), who plays a guy from Arkansas, and many of his sentences start with "I reckon" indeed :)
As a non-native speaker that's where I first heard it
Thank you Lucy, you have helped me practice my English skills a lot ❤
Dear Lucy, to the best of my knowledge, your examples are quite hilarious!
Thank you for your videos! I moved in London 3 months ago but due to Covid-19 and lockdown I still have speaking issues, sometimes when someone talks to me I answer in Italian :-P ... I was used to American English (tanks to TV series and movies) but I immediately realized that British English is very different and I'm always afraid to offend someone when I speak
I found it. It is very attractive program for me. I will watch it and will pronounce every sentences over and over. Thank you.
I absolutely enjoyed this video and plan to go back over it again to try to get the most out of the video. Thanks!
I loved this story filled with comedic wit that had me laughing out loud. It could be the outline for a play or a movie. The narcissist was so authentically portrayed and remained true to character to the end.
I love how you made it so that the examples, as a whole, tell a story. It kept me engaged. As soon as you said "There are 21 ways....", I was about to book it. But congrats for holding my short attention span for that long.
I what I think you still can not believe your old boyfriend chose someone else over you. It was his loss since he would now be now English major. But, you are now getting married to show that you over him. This I think is not true!
Very usefull Lucy, specially for spanish speaking people like us. Thank you a lot
Many thanks to Lucy that I really increased my knowledge for English!
Honestly speaking; your lesson was fantastic and very useful!
In my view, this lesson is totally useful and helpful!! 😍😍😍
A lot of thank you Lucy, i learn and develop my language skills through listening
As a Frenchman I believe that, in my view, all of these tips seem very English, and I love it !
As far as l know Lucy's lessons are most precious for me not only because of their linguistic content but most of all because of her, I mean Lucy's, facial expressions. Not those that express general human feelings such as anger, joy, content, discontent, envy, jealousy, liking, love, hatred etc, but these that are linked with typically English way of speaking. A certain smile, a wink, a spouting, a turn of the head and such. Some gesture.... I believe its emphasis tells me more about the English than dozens and dozens other books and videos. Let's not forget that facial expression is a very impotant extralinguistic tool, a key, I would say, to the mastering of a language, and in case of Lucy, to penetrating into the English soul! A phenomenal mimic and body language! Very rare and precious! In my view she is a true English teacher!
Yeah, absolutely true. I'm enjoying every hilarious examples that she made by her mimic and body language.
I agree 100% with you lol.
Best ever video... I wish, there would be a movie of this wedding you described. 😂🤣
I often to used "I think" but now I think to use these words for commicate with my friends. Thanks a lot Lusy for lesson and very useful words I appreciate it.
I love her gesture, nice Lulu.
Hi Lucy. Thanks so much for this useful video on giving opinions. I'm an English teacher and your lessons are really helpful to me.
What I would like to ask you is to realise a video on how to ask somebody's opinion. In fact, as a non native teacher, I need to teach my students something different from 'what do you think of/about... or how do you find ...' but I'm short of ideas.
I would really appreciate a video on that topic. Thank you in advance and God bless you.
I remember an American teacher asking us whether we knew what "to reckon" stood for and I was the only one who guessed it since I'd learned it from an English friend, then the teacher told us it's used in some of the Southern states.
In my view it is the best video by you. The way you have spun it around the funny story makes it fun to watch.
Congratulations on your wedding.
Great! Thank you! I really enjoyed your lesson!
Stop saying "I think", just say "I sink".
- Jose Mourinho -
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In all honesty, i keep watching and learning english here because the teacher is absolutely angelic beautiful 😇
And i honestly confess that the english course here is the one i can focus most through my whole life 😂
Oh jolly good
@@holusholajohn Very Jolly good!!
As u said ur video is helping more and more in my daily life conversation
Yes thanks! Enjoyed so much!
"I consider" and "to me" are my favorite.
Lucy, honestly speaking, this lesson is fantastic...✴✴✴
Wonderful video. I think "In my opinion" is one of the most common expressions used when, "I think" can be used.
Love this new format!!
"in all honesty" expresses that you normally lie, but not this time
Well said.
yea i got the same feeling. I hate when people say this. The same in German, we have that inflationarily nowadays. "Ehrlich gesagt, [bla bla bla]..." Some people don't even express themselves without such phrases any more... _I think_ it's really annoying. And definitely much more annoying than "I think".
I consider that you are damn right. People using this expression sound stupid
This has always been my thought towards people who use that phrase too.
Johann Watzinger also, I often say ‘I’ll be honest with you.....’ which expresses that I’m usually less than honest
In my view, Lucy is one of the greatest teacher that dramatically helped me to improve my English speaking skill.
Thx for sharing i appreciate it!
In my view I'm in love with your teachings 😍
The new format was wonderful, thoroughly enjoyed it. Hope your wedding went well. God bless you!
I'm an American educator.. and you asked if we say, " I reckon" - haha.. no.. unless we want to be be like a Brit!! In my (humble) opinion (IMHO).. is very common for us. Nice video with the story throughout.
Hey Lucy, I am an American, and in regards to your question if Americans use the word “reckon” the answer is YES! We do say “I reckon” here’s an example I’ve used: “I reckon that you pack several gallons of water in lieu of a few bottles of water for your car trip through the desert.” We Love watching your videos. You’re awesome!
I loved this video thanks for teaching us😊
Im not gonna lie, i wish she was my English teacher..😍
@Nick Carraway ohh you've done that ya ?
I'm not going to lie
In all honesty
In my view
If you ask me
As far as I can tell
To my mind
Extras:
Drawing up
Downright, examle : downright crazy
Tipped me over the edge
Tipsy ,merry
Ott ,over the top
The way i saw it was 'i reckon' meant 'i am to be sure' , you know something like that
IMO is shorter
Thank you
@@arwahsapi ????
I just discovered your channel. This format was quite entertaining! I hope you continue with it.
Congrats, very well explanation!
Lucy, I love your wedding story! 🤣🤣🤣
I actually started reading the comments and had to laugh at some point, so I went back up to leave a like. But then I saw I'd already left one, since I always do l before watching your videos! 💛
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Well, since nobody is perfect, but you generally like the stuff, the right way to like is to press 2 times the like, and 1 time to dislike ))).
As far as I can imagine I" ve been distracted by your beauty and sympathy to follow properly the whole lesson. You are awesome
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I THINK, it's really helpful. thank you
Thanks a lot. It's really helpful.
Thank you! I love your video! You’ve woven quite great/funny examples of your 21 lists of words in-place of ‘I think’. I didn’t know what OTT stands for...now, I’ll definitely going to implement it in my writing and text. 👍👍❤️
OTT stands for the small town of OTTERNDORF in northern Germany. 😄😇
I just realized that I use "I think ..." more often.I appreciate for this video, from now on I'll try to use different phrases. Love ya from Turkey
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Excellent& Every single point explain teaching , good congress.
You're so lovely, I like your lessons a lot, and your life's stories too! Thanks 🌹
I'm nut gonna lie that Lucy is such a wonderful english teacher I've ever seen :D
This cracked me up! Thanks for adding this humorous storyline Lucy!! 😂😂👍🏼👍🏽
Loved it, thank you!!!
Thanks #Lucy 👍🏼🙏.. It's always very fun and informative at the same time to watch your videos.
I feel like I really need to go through this episode again and again! Tons of fun and so informative. Thanks Lucy.
in all honesty, i perceive, that the par of the video about the overuse of "I think" is not such an important thing.
what if you are asked what you think.
So much to learn..OTT. In Austria we love to use the full words. We don't speak in such short short forms. Thanks for these Informations.
Thank you so much it's excellent !
I really enjoy this video, now I never speak "I think" again in my daily conversation, except when I forget 😂
I believe that if you were my English teacher when I was in Senior High School, I can speak English better than now. Lol 😂
Thank you Lucy! 😆👍
I hate the expression "I'm not going to lie.". It implies that at other times you just might lie.
... or that others are lying to you.
Yes it has a certain underlying offensive intention. To me it also sounds a bit exaggerated to be used in a casual context. Compareable to make exessive use of superlative or emphasizing of the excitement by generic overstating e.g. "today I have had the very best day of my life because the food at the restaurant I was is soo perfect it has the best food ever. I would die to have it again." It does not appear very british to me or posh at all. But maybe it is a wrong impression I have as a non native speaker.
like every sentence starts with "no offense", they are going to offend me!
@@siclucealucks well said
@@irenebuyi But this one I somehow like. It prepares the collocutor. Almost like: I respect you but you will not going to like what comes next. I will only use it when I feel offended and try to reply polite. Maybe the last step before escalation.
Thank you, I picked up at least four phrases from your recomandation in my last video 😀
I believe this is the most valuable video.