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YET: WHICH WORD?  to think about / to think ofure
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WHICH WORD?

to think about to think of

This is difficult to explain and more difficult to understand and use correctly.  

​The short explantion is below.

to think about + verb + in

​doing something - action, opinion

​This is used the most.


  1. What are you thinking about?
    Sales!  They are way down.


  2. I hate my job.  I'm thinking about joining the Army.

  3. He has been thinking about getting a job with Google in Mountain View; their HQ.

  4. If you are thinking about leaving medical school, I'd think twice.

to think of + noun, noun phrase

​someone or a situation - considering, feeling
​Used less than "to think about"


  1. What do you think of my new hairdo?

  2. I was thinking of my Mother.  She died a year ago today.​

  3. You look sad.
    Yeah, I was thinking of all the poor kids in Syria. 


  4. Have you been thinking of me?
    Sure.  Every day.

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