opinion of / on

[Lenka]

What it the difference between the "opinion ON" and "opinion OF" (sth.)? Or do they mean the same?

[willem]

Well, I'm not a native speaker... but I'd say that "opinion on" refers to an opinion about an issue and "opinion of" refers to the opinion belonging to someone.

[willem]

well i've just noticed that you said "opinion of (sth.)" i didn't see it, sorry. well, in that case there's already another thread about this:

http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/as...n-opinion.html

hope it helps you.

[Lenka]

Hmmm... I don't think this helps :(. I still don't understand the difference...

[Teia]

Hmmm... I don't think this helps :(. I still don't understand the difference...

Hi

See this :the opinion of somebody on something
e.g. The opinions of those grammarians on some parts of speech are not accurate.

Regards

[pedant]

There is no easy answer to this, but normally one would have an opinion OF someone- ie. you would have made up your mind about what you thought of them.

One would have and opinion ON something, or someone else's ideas - ie. an opinion about a topic of discussion, not an opinion about a person.

Another way of putting this might be:
OF is personal
ON is anything not personal.