Verbs of opinion

Positive opinions
to agree (with)
to applaud
to approve
to concur (with / in)
to confirm
to praise
to support

I agree with what X just said before.

Reporting opinion (usually neutrally)

to assert
At a press conference today, the president asserted progress on security and
to believe
political issues.
to claim
to determine
to emphasize
to imagine
to maintain
to point out
so suppose
to think

Verbs expressing uncertainty and disagreement

to challenge
to disagree
to dismiss
to dispute
to doubt
to mistrust
to suspect
to question
to wonder

The present way we do politics is, alas, part of the problem and therefore, I
challenge the sincerity of the governments plans.

Verbs of restatement
to add
to apprise (someone of)
to argue (about)
to clarify
to describe
to express
to inform (of / about)
to indicate
to present
to remark
to remind (of / about)
to report (on)
to speak / write of
to observe

Concerning this financial problem, there seems to be mutual

agreement between the parties on how to solve it, but I would
like to add

It seems to me that

I think that

I feel that

Actually, I believe
that

I would say that

I think it would be
fair to say that

I think it is common
sense that

From my point of
view,

I would say that

As I see it,

As far as Im
concerned,

In my view,

In my opinion,

I firmly believe that

It is evident that

My opinion is that

If you ask me, .

I am convinced
that..