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Unpacking English, Bit by Bit
A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.
Unpacking English, Bit by Bit
A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.
Unpacking English, Bit by Bit
A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.
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lux
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“think of” vs. “think to”
Timbo is absolutely right as to number 2
It might be useful to use the British National Corpus website, here, for instance
http://bnc.bl.uk/saraWeb.php?qy=THEY+THOUGHT+TO&mysubmit=Go
As to 'THINK TO' notice the sentece marked as ADW 583 - it makes sense in that TO marks the INFINITIVE MOOD, meaning 'intention' 'purpose' 'plan' or the likes and, of course, it is not a preposition