Contemplating upon?
I know that the word, "contemplate," means to think about someone or something deeply, intently, etc.
Thus, we would not write, "contemplating about" as that would be a redundancy.
However, the above usage seems a bit different.
If we use the the meaning, "from among," as the definition of "upon," then it should work grammatically, yes?
Thus, for example, "I am contemplating upon the variety of ways to poison my wife."--not to worry, I am not!
Yes, I would agree, "I am contemplating the variety of ways to poison my wife," also works.
However, I am unable to find any such usage as my first example.
So, since we are not dealing with the easily seen redundancy of "about," what, if anything, precludes me from using my subject construction?
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There are plenty of Google Search hits for both "contemplating about" and "contemplating upon". I agree that "contemplating about" seems redundant, but I can accept "contemplating upon". However, I do not understand "from among" as a definition of "upon".
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- I agree that "contemplating about" seems redundant, but I can accept "contemplating upon".
- However, I do not understand "from among" as a definition of "upon".
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There are plenty of Google Search hits for both "contemplating about" and "contemplating upon". I agree that "contemplating about" seems redundant, but I can accept "contemplating upon". However, I do not understand "from among" as a definition of "upon".
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