For years I have been trying to learn not to say "I think" before every opinion I express. As Strunk&White point out: it is redundant verbiage, if you say some

For years I have been trying to learn not to say "I think" before every opinion I express. As Strunk&White point out: it is redundant verbiage, if you say something it is because it represents what you think, only when you are saying something you don't think (eg., what somebody else thinks) does it make sense to clarify. You would never say "I think that he thinks ...", which is the logical conclusion of the advice the article gives. Being humble and recognizing that you could be wrong is important, but there are better ways to express this than by preceding all you say with "I think". Sadly my eloquence is still lacking so I keep automatically resorting to adding "I think" and similar filler, but I try to catch myself and instead think (pun not intended ;) about what I'm actually saying and how can express it more clearly.