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SSY Jung Posted 10 years ago
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an idea /thinking

Dear members

'I got excited about an idea of starting my company'

Could I change "idea" the underlined above to "thinking" ?

Thanks

Ssy
  

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SSY Jung Could I change "idea" the underlined above to "thinking" ? No, and I think the original is wrong. I expect: I got excited about the idea of starting my own company.

  • SSY Jung Could I change "idea" the underlined above to "thinking" ?
  • No, and I think the original is wrong.
  • I expect: I got excited about the idea of starting my own company.
  • I got excited thinking about starting my own company.
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SSY JungCould I change "idea" the underlined above to "thinking" ?
No, and I think the original is wrong. I expect:

I got excited about the idea of starting my own company.
I got excited thinking about starting my own company.

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