Ponder vs. think

[Alan]

Hi Jordano,

Note 'an' awful question. 'Ponder' usually has the sense of think very deeply/for a long time about something.

Alan

PS It's not really an awful question!
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[Acharyasd]

Dear Torstan,

I am getting very well along with my English course , but I am not writing much on the forum which I want to write . I take time to write and it needs lot of free time which I don't get .Every time I say I will write later on but I don't write later.
I went through Sandra's progress report. It is informative. The test ' The Bells ' seems to be difficult for me. Let's see.

[*sherly]

Dear Teacher,

Thanks for the lesson. I have 5 correct sentenses only. I will try next test to get better result.

Sherly

[Samira7]

Ok I understood, but I think that the problem was that the sentence was written incomplete, its more difficult to complete the sentence in that way.

Thanks for explanation

[Samira7]

I understood, but I think that it was difficult because the sentences were incomplete.

Thanks for explanation

[Kimlien0704]

Hello,
I don't understand why 'think' be used here. Can you explain this for me.
Thanks so much
Kimlien

[Alan]

Hi,

'Ponder' usually suggests : think deeply about something. You need 'think' in the test sentence because someone is asking for an opinion.

Alan
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[Faithful201]

really this sentence looks incomplete

[Beeesneees]

It is incomplete, as indicated by the ellipsis.

I don't understand why the writer chose to leave the question that way though.
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