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>"I often think at good things" The idiom is "think _of_", not "think at". :) (BTW, Antirez, your English is very good; I'm aiming for helpfulness, not nit-pi
by chrisweekly 8y ago
>"I often think at good things"
The idiom is "think _of_", not "think at". :)
(BTW, Antirez, your English is very good; I'm aiming for helpfulness, not nit-picking / criticism!)
-- and given your awesome contribution to the world (Redis), you definitely do think of very good ideas!
- antirez 8y agoThanks! Sorry in Italian is "pensare a" (literally think to) so I always get confused :-) I'll try to remember.
- OJFord 8y agoI quite like the image of an idea floating somewhere near me so that I can 'think at' it!
- fmihaila 8y ago> I quite like the image of an idea floating somewhere near me so that I can 'think at' it! For languages like Italian (as well as my own native language), the image of 'thinking at' makes sense as an analogue to 'looking at', which you'd indeed do if the idea were floating by in your vicinity.
- OJFord 8y agoVery true! I think the closest English analogue is 'think about', which taken extremely literally does also place the thinker _about_ (in the vicinity of, around) the idea.