Thereon or on it?

[Fear not only believe]

The prelusive sentence: "This is the (chess) game I played yesterday."

Now, I would like to know what sounds better as a continuation: "What's your opinion on it?"
or "What's your opinion thereon?" ?

Are these 2 options equally frequent, are they both even possible, or is thereon a bit archaic?

Same with therein / in it etc.

TIA

 

[Tarheel]

I would say: "What is your opinion of it?" The "on it" option would be my second choice, but only if you held a gun to my head.


;-)

 

[Rover_KE]

I'd only expect to see 'thereon' in a legal document.

 

[Fear not only believe]

Thank you both. So "What's your opinion on it" would be appropriate?

 

[emsr2d2]

Given that post #2 says that we would have to hold a gun to Tarheel's head before he would use it, what do you think?

 

[Fear not only believe]

I thought that meant that he could hardly decide which one he would use (thereon or on it), so if someone put a gun to his head (meaning he is forced to make a decision), he would choose "on it".

I didn't understand that he wanted to say that he would never use it.

This link seems to confirm that "of it" is most usual, although it sounds odd to me:
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/opinion-of-opinion-on-opinion-about/

 

[Tarheel]

I thought that meant that he could hardly decide which one he would use (thereon or on it), so if someone put a gun to his head (meaning he is forced to make a decision), he would choose "on it".

I didn't understand that he wanted to say that he would never use it.

This link seems to confirm that "of it" is most usual, although it sounds odd to me:
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/opinion-of-opinion-on-opinion-about/

I meant that I have never used either option that you offered, but as a native speaker of American English I can give you some possibilities:

What is your opinion of it?
What do you think about it?
What are your thoughts on the matter?
What's your opinion?
What do you think?
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(I try to inject some humor into my posts. Sometimes it works better than others. ;-))

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

In the U.S., we have what we call the KISS principle: Keep It Simple, Stupid!

So I'd say "What do you think?"

I've never heard anyone say thereon in my life. I was born in 1952.

And we don't say "What's your opinion on it?" We say "What's your opinion of it?"

 

[emsr2d2]

Note that we do say "Do you have an opinion on that?" or "Can I have your opinion/thoughts on that?" I think it just comes down to usage because I would say "What's your opinion of that/it?" so, for me, the words used at the beginning of the sentence dictate what I would say later in the sentence.

 

[Fear not only believe]

Thanks everyone, now I have a definite opinion on "thereon" and think of it as out of date. :lol:

Everything correct? :-?