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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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what is the function of the word 'about' in the sentence below

it took me long enough to actually think about
  

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How about some caps and punctuation? It is a strange structure, but I think it's idiomatic with the right context. "

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How about some caps and punctuation?

It is a strange structure, but I think it's idiomatic with the right context.

I'd say the prepositional phrase "about it" is object of the infinitive "to think."

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