10.65 indicating your attitude

If you want to make it clear what your attitude is to what you are saying, you can use a sentence adjunct.

• Frankly, the more I hear about him, the less I like him.
• In my opinion it was probably a mistake.
• In fairness it should be said that he cannot be accused of a lack of objectivity.

Here is a list of some of the common adjuncts used in this way:

• frankly, honestly, in all honesty, in fairness, in my opinion, in my view, in retrospect, on reflection, personally, seriously, to my mind