Thinking of vs Thinking about

[Learning_English]

Hi,

When to use "thinking of" and when to use "thinking about"?

Regards,
Learning

[Jan]

[Tom]

Hello

You think about somebody or something and you also think of somebody or something. See below:

1- Whenever I think about her, I get goose bumps.
2- I do not want to think about it any more.
3 -Whenever I see a cat, I think of my niece.
4- Did you think of me when you went to the restaurant?

. No difference in the above-mentioned use. .

. Think of is generally used as follows:.

1- Think better of someone or something :.

* I think better of him since I saw how impressively he
speaks English.

* I hope you will think better of the plan now.

2- Think highly/ little of somebody or something.

( The meaning is: hold a high or low opinion of somebody or something.)

* She thinks very highly of you.
* Liz thinks little of Tom and his efforts to interest her.[/b]

To sum up, THINK OF is mostly used in an idiomatic sense.

Some of the common expressions are:

1-Think nothing of it.
2- Think ill of someone. ( Please do not think ill of me. It was just a silly mistake.)

Hope this helps a bit.

Tom

[Yankee]

Hi "Learning"

"Think of" and "think about" sometimes don't have much difference in meaning, but there are times when one is better than the other.

Because there are soo many ways to use these two pairs of words, I think it would be best for you to look at a good learner's dictionary and compare. (In other words, use a dictionary that not only has definitions, but also uses the words in context)

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Hi Tom

I disagree with the statement "THINK OF is mostly used in an idiomatic sense.". But I would agree that it is ALSO used idiomatically.

Amy