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File banana 260 Posted 8 years ago
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‘Overthinking’ vs ‘Thinking about’ something.
Why is the phrase “don’t overthink it” correct and why don’t we add an ‘about’ just like in “don’t think about it”?
Meaning, why is the phrase “don’t overthink about it” incorrect?
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I don't think there is any predictable reason why we do not say "don't overthink about it". You just have to learn that we don't.
- I don't think there is any predictable reason why we do not say "don't overthink about it".
- You just have to learn that we don't.
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I don't think there is any predictable reason why we do not say "don't overthink about it". You just have to learn that we don't.
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Both are transitive verbs, however, requiring different object types.
"overthink" requires a direct object (without preposition)
"think" requires an indirect object (with preposition, in this case "about")
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