[Idiom] With all due modesty vs even though i say it myself

[say hello]

With all due modesty, mu strong point is knowledge.

Even though I say it myself , my strength is my knowledge.

Which one is more natural and common?

 

[emsr2d2]

With all due modesty, my strong point is knowledge​.

Even [STRIKE]thought[/STRIKE] though I say it myself [STRIKE],[/STRIKE] my [STRIKE]strong[/STRIKE] strength is my knowledge.

Which one is more natural and common?

Note my corrections above. Don't put a capital letter after a comma unless that word is a proper noun. You must end every sentence with a single, appropriate punctuation mark and start every new sentence with a capital letter.

"With all due modesty" is not a phrase I'm familiar with. It sounds like a cross between "With all due respect" (not appropriate in this context) and "In all modesty" (could be used here).
In BrE, your second example would be "Though I say so myself, ..." or "Even if I [do] say so myself, ...".

It is unusual to give "knowledge" as someone's strong point. Everyone has knowledge of some description. Do you mean you are very good at learning new things? Do you mean that you know a lot about a lot of things?

 

[say hello]

Yes I meant that. Can you tell me which one I should use in that case?

 

[emsr2d2]

Yes I meant [STRIKE]it[/STRIKE] that. Can you tell me which one I should [STRIKE]I[/STRIKE] use [STRIKE]for[/STRIKE] in that case?

Which one of my suggestions did you mean?

 

[teechar]

I would say: "Even if I say so myself, my strong point is knowledge."

Note:
1. Your sentences must start with a capital letter and end with an appropriate punctuation mark.
2. It's "even though" not "even thought."

;-)

 

[say hello]

Yes, what would you say in your real life?

 

[emsr2d2]

I would say: "Even if I say so myself, my strong point is knowledge."

Note:
1. Your sentences must start with a capital letter and end with an appropriate punctuation mark.
2. It's "even though" not "even thought."

;-)

I made all those points in post #2, teechar.

 

[emsr2d2]

Yes, what would you say in your real life?

You still haven't answered my question. I asked: Do you mean "I am very good at learning new things" or do you mean "I know a lot about a lot of things"?

 

[say hello]

I mean " I know a lot about a lot of things".

 

[emsr2d2]

I mean "I know a lot about a lot of things".

I would probably say something like "If I do say so myself, I'm really knowledgeable" or "... my knowledge is very wide-ranging".

 

[teechar]

I made all those points in post #2, teechar.

Yet another cross-post.
We'll have to stop meeting this way. ;-)

 

[emsr2d2]

Yet another cross-post.
We'll have to stop meeting this way. ;-)

OK, apologies. I thought as my post was at 2030 and yours was at 2038, it couldn't be a cross-post.

 

[Eckaslike]

Traditionally in BrE we don't tend to use these forms very often, because we don't usually praise ourselves. We see that as something someone else might say about us if they wish to give us praise.

We have the saying: "Self praise is no commendation".

That is mainly why "modesty" doesn't work in this context, because its meaning conflicts directly with the praise you then go on to give yourself.