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Matar0 Posted 20 years ago
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I'm thinking about his doing it / I'm thinking of his doing it
In sentences like:
I'm thinking about/of his committing suicide
I'm thinking about/of them resigning
I'm thinking about/of Jill's having dinner with him
and so on, is there a real difference between the usage of "think about"(to me this is more correct in the vast majority of the cases) and "think of".
Is there any sentence in which should be better using "think of" instead of "think about" (with the structure of the sentences above think of+his/your/their+Verb-ing) ?
Thx very much
I'm thinking about/of his committing suicide
I'm thinking about/of them resigning
I'm thinking about/of Jill's having dinner with him
and so on, is there a real difference between the usage of "think about"(to me this is more correct in the vast majority of the cases) and "think of".
Is there any sentence in which should be better using "think of" instead of "think about" (with the structure of the sentences above think of+his/your/their+Verb-ing) ?
Thx very much
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If you think about something, you are more engaged in cogitating about it than when you only think of it. ). The former is more formal.
- If you think about something, you are more engaged in cogitating about it than when you only think of it.
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- The former is more formal.
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If you think about something, you are more engaged in cogitating about it than when you only think of it.
The pronoun after the preposition (of/about) may be either in possessive (his, their, your, etc.) or accusative case (him, them, you, etc.).
The former is more formal.
The pronoun after the preposition (of/about) may be either in possessive (his, their, your, etc.) or accusative case (him, them, you, etc.).
The former is more formal.
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