What is the object of "think" in the image?
What is the object of "think" in the image?
Is the object "the reason" ?
But as far as I know, "think" cannot take any direct objects without a preposition such as "about"
and "of".
If "think" can take a direct object, is this sentence "I just think something different when I think that" correct English as well?
I think the bold part should be "for the reason of which you think" or "for the reason about which you think".
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but it is not for the reason that you think that it is for. You think that it is for one reason, but it is for another reason. (where "it" is my going to church) There is no direct object, strictly speaking.
- but it is not for the reason that you think that it is for.
- You think that it is for one reason, but it is for another reason.
- (where "it" is my going to church) There is no direct object, strictly speaking.
- It's called a complement.
- The complement of 'think' is the content clause 'that it is for'.
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... but it is not for the reason that you think that it is for.
You think that it is for one reason, but it is for another reason.
(where "it" is my going to church)
There is no direct object, strictly speaking. It's called a complement. The complement of 'think' is the content clause 'that it is for'.
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