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Behnam A Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Think of/about sb

i think of her.
i think about her.

are these two sentences different ?
  

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Hi, Generally, you can use either of them. However, you should take into account that "think about" someone / something has a stronger meaning. Therefore, if you find yourself deeply think about her / think about her all the time, you'll probably use "think about".

  • Hi, Generally, you can use either of them.
  • However, you should take into account that "think about" someone / something has a stronger meaning.
  • Therefore, if you find yourself deeply think about her / think about her all the time, you'll probably use "think about".
  • If you suddenly think of her, or you think of her for no special reason, you'll probably use "think of".
  • In short, both are used and correct.
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Hi,

Generally, you can use either of them. However, you should take into account that "think about"

someone / something has a stronger meaning. Therefore, if you find yourself deeply think about her / think about her all the time, you'll probably use "think about".

If you suddenly think of her, or you think of her for no special reason, you'll probably use "think of". In

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