I prefer to say He thought about risk of making a sandwich. Where i am wrong

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Hasibul Alam“He thought about risking a sandwich”

1. He thought about risking a sandwich.
2. He thought about risking making a sandwich.
3. He thought about risk of making a sandwich.
4. He thought about the risk of making a sandwich.

Without the full context, we don't know that (1) refers to making a sandwich (as opposed to doing something else related to a sandwich, such as stealing and eating one). (2) makes it explicit. (3) is ungrammatical. (4) is the corrected version of (3).

Compared to (4), sentences (1) and (2) have a stronger sense that he was considering whether to take the risk. (1) is also a neater and snappier sentence, suiting the writing style of this novel.

I prefer to say He thought about risk of making a sandwich. Where i am wrong

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