In this mini episode, you will learn the phrase “as far as I’m concerned.”
Episode 424 of the Everybody ESL podcast is a mini episode that teaches you the phrase “as far as I’m concerned.” Send your questions about English and your comments and suggestions to EverybodyESL@gmail.com. (And let me know if you’d like to record the introduction to a future episode.)
Intro
“Hi! This is Nanxi, from China. And you are listening to Everybody ESL.”
Welcome to episode 424 of Everybody ESL, the podcast for everybody who wants to improve their English, practice their English, or just learn more English. My name is Ben, and I have a mini episode for you today, where I am going to teach you about one English topic. You can subscribe to the Everybody ESL podcast at Apple podcasts and wherever you find your podcasts. If you like Everybody ESL, leave it a good review so other people can find out about it too. And if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for me, please send an email to EverybodyESL@gmail.com. Okay! Let’s get on with this mini episode.
The episode
In this episode, I am going to teach you a common phrase. The phrase is “as far as I’m concerned.” As far as I am concerned.
That’s spelled a-s, f-a-r, I-apostrophe-m, c-o-n-c-e-r-n-e-d. As far as I’m concerned.
What does “as far as I’m concerned” mean? “As far as I’m concerned” basically means “in my opinion, or according to what I think. or according to the way I feel. or according to my preferences.”
If I am giving you my opinion or my preference, I might use the phrase “as far as I’m concerned” as a way of introducing my opinion or my preference. Or I could use “as far as I’m concerned” as a way to introduce what I think about some topic.
For example, if I go on a walk with a friend of mine, and the weather is just perfect—or according to me, the weather is just perfect, in my opinion this is the perfect weather—I could say, “As far as I’m concerned, this weather is perfect.” As far as I’m concerned, this weather is perfect. In other words, “In my opinion, this weather is perfect.” Or “According to my beliefs or my preferences, this weather is perfect.”
“As far as I’m concerned” is a way of introducing my opinion or my thoughts or my feelings about some topic.
Here is another example of a situation where someone might use the phrase “as far as I’m concerned”:
Imagine that a group of friends is trying to decide where to eat dinner. One person says, “I would like to get pizza tonight.” Another person says, “I would like to go to that new Japanese restaurant that just opened.” Another person says, “I would like to get something very simple and light.” And when it is your turn to give your opinion, you say, “As far as I’m concerned, anything is good. All of your suggestions sound good. As far as I’m concerned, anything sounds good.” In other words, “In my opinion, anything sounds good” or “Based on what I think or based on what I like, anything sounds good” or “Based on what I think, or based on the way I feel about it, anything is good.”
Eeven though those examples use “as far as I AM concerned,” we can use this expression when we are talking about anybody’s opinions or thoughts or feelings or preferences. So we can also say, “As far as he is concerned.” In other words, in his opinion. Or we can say, “As far as she is concerned.” Or we can say, “As far as the new teacher is concerned.” Or we can say, “As far as my brother is concerned.”
“As far as someone is concerned” is a way of expressing someone’s opinions or thoughts or feelings or preferences about something.
And that is “as far as I’m concerned”—or “as far as someone is concerned”—a very common phrase that I think you should know.
Outro
This is the end of episode 424 of Everybody ESL. Remember: if you have any questions about English, or if you have comments for me, or if you would like to record an introduction that I can play at the beginning of future episodes—the same way Nanxi recorded the introduction you heard at the beginning of this episode—send an email to EverybodyESL@gmail.com. I’ll be back soon with a new episode. And until then, keep going, keep practicing, and keep learning. I’ll see you soon. Goodbye!