Breakdown of С моей точки зрения, это ошибка.
это
this / it is
мой
my / mine
ошибка
mistake
точка зрения
point of view
Questions & Answers about С моей точки зрения, это ошибка.
Can I use по-моему instead of с моей точки зрения here?
Yes! Both express your opinion. По-моему is the adverbial way to say 'in my opinion,' which you are learning in this lesson. It is very common in everyday speech. С моей точки зрения literally means 'from my point of view' and sounds just a bit more formal or analytical, much like in English.
Why do моей and точки change their endings here?
They are in the genitive case. The preposition с can mean 'with' (taking the instrumental case), but here it means 'from'. When с means 'from,' it requires the genitive case. Therefore, the feminine noun точка (point) becomes точки, and the pronoun моя (my) becomes моей.
If зрения comes from the neuter noun зрение (sight or vision), why is it also in the genitive case?
In English, you say 'point of view.' In Russian, the word 'of' is expressed using the genitive case. To link 'point' and 'vision' together to mean 'point of vision,' the second noun must be in the genitive. So, зрение changes to зрения.
The word ошибка is feminine. Why does the sentence use the neuter это instead of эта?
When это means 'this is' or 'that is' and acts as the standalone subject of the sentence, it stays in its default neuter form, regardless of the gender of the noun that follows. If you used эта, it would attach directly to the noun to mean 'this mistake,' and you would need more words to finish the thought (for example, Эта ошибка очень большая - This mistake is very big).
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