Daxiaoaixad  +  206515 Wed, 15 Mar 06 08:22 PM Hi all of you, what is the difference of the two sentences: * What do you think about/of it? * What are you thinking about? Daxiaoaixad Joined on Wed, Feb 22 2006 Germany, Saarbruecken Junior Member 53

	Goodman  +  206519 Wed, 15 Mar 06 08:50 PM * What do you think of it? Means what is your take on something or opinion about it. * What are you thinking about? Means "what is on your mind". Preposition can alter the verb and the meaning of a sentence greatly. Goodman Joined on Mon, Nov 7 2005 Senior Member 3,816 The name says it all! Verbs, Prepositions

	paco2004  +  206664 Thu, 16 Mar 06 09:07 AM Hi Daxi Goodman well explained about the semantic difference of the two sentences. I'd like to add some grammatical difference between the two. [1]What do you think about/of it? Here "think" (=deduce, infer) is a transitive verb and "what" is the direct object of "think". And "about/of it" could be taken as an adverbial phrase to indicate the range of "think" or the material of "think". [2] What are you thinking about? Here "think" (=mediate, ponder) is an intransitive verb. "What" is the object of the preposition "about". paco paco2004 Joined on Wed, Nov 17 2004 Senior Member 4,095 In Japan today even dogs are learning how to bow-wow in English. Verbs, Difference Between, Prepositions, Direct Objects