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Thread: Think Up and Think Out
- 28-Apr-2008, 14:07 #1
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Think Up and Think Out What's the difference between "think up" and "think out"?
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- 28-Apr-2008, 14:24 #2
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Re: Think Up and Think Out Can you think up a good question? = invent, develop
Now think out a good answer. = use your reasoning to produce an answer.
- 28-Apr-2008, 17:07 #3
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Re: Think Up and Think Out Interesting.
In the US, you can "think through" a problem, and "think of" a solution, and "think up" (invent, just like you said), but "think out" sounds very odd here.
[not a teacher]
