Think about/think of
I got used to say "think about". But reading books, listening to music and watching films, I've noticed that it is quite often said "think of".
I can't see the difference. Is it significant?
Could you please enlighten me.
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Think about/think of
I got used to saying "think about", but while reading books, listening to music and watching films, I've noticed that "think of" it is quite often said instead.
I can't see the difference. Is it significant?
Could you please enlighten me?
In addition to Ralph's comments, "think of" is often used with a different emphasis/meaning - "remember" or "recall".
"How many times can you think of when you ..."
"When I have gone, think of me from time to time"
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"I wonder how my sister will pass her finals" is about something that will happen in the future. - This is exactly what I meant :-)
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Elena - I don't think we ever use "about how" together like this. "I wonder how my sister will pass her finals" is about something that will happen in the future. "I wondered how my sister would pass her finals" is present or past. I can't imagine what you are writing about :)))
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Thank you very much, Ralph!
And one more question, if you don't mind - what's wrong with "I think about how my sister would pass her finals"? How would you improve it? "I wonder how" instead of "think about how"?
Thank you in advance.
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Yes I think that sounds about right. "I think about how my sister would pass her finals" (not a great construction but lets use it for the example) suggest you are thinking of ALL the issues related to her passing her finals - studying, getting enough sleep, being intelligent, quality of teaching, quality of materials, etc. "I think of my sister" - the object is really only your sister. Whee - I think we got there.
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