How long can one continue a sentence such as, "I thought that you thought that I thought..."?
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" I thought that you thought that I thought that you thought."  I think that is about it because after that you would be only referring to the same thought that you thought you have thought before.  Unless another person is added or another thought different than the first 2 thoughts, then it could be endless, hypothetically.
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Come up with silly sentences to remember things.
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that's a silly word. just sound it out i guess. don't know how many times you'd use it in conversation, though.
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"your thoughts 4 some extra points"\n\nWell, that was what you said, isn't it?  =)  thanks!
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finished this sentence.
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Lack of Long, Coherent Sentences?
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Could you please spend the rest of my life explaining the mysteries of how you think? (That's how long the answer would take!)
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well, actually, you dont have to do anything... but i guess, you could somehow follow-up on it... but i totally believe that since you've said it to her already, she may have been thinking of what you've said.. at this point in time, she could possibly have thought of it, and she could also be thinking of what to say to you... just give her enough time, but dont take it too long, she may doubt on her feelings for you if it took you too long to follow-up... and,,,, just be yourself, ok?? no matter what happens, just be yourself.... God bless!!!
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Can you use it in a sentence?  Do you mean hesitated?
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What's that you say???? I can't understand your use of the words you are trying to use.
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I would say ON AVERAGE about once per sentence. That being said, I would also imagine that based on that observation the actual number of times would be directly proportional to the amount of time the speaker spends talking. So the lower end would probably be somewhere around three or four hundred and the upper end around 100,000 like my idiotic brother.
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Could you repeat that question?
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3661 words...\n\nwill post them all if you want.
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Write it down over and over. Then recite it over and over.  Every 30 min.  Take a break then go again for 30 min.!
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When do i think what?
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"Have a good one."\n(I find this to be rather presumptuous... have a good WHAT?)\n\n"At the end of the day..."\n(No reason, really, just one of those phrases I cordially detest.)\n\n"You think too much," or "You have too much free time."\n(Just because it would have taken YOU several hours to come up with the same deduction, that doesn't mean I didn't do so in mere seconds.  My typical rebuttal is, "Or, perhaps you think too little.")\n\n"May or may not be the case."\n(Right... it either will, or it won't.  Standard law of probability; just PICK ONE!)\n\n"Welcome to the real world."\n(Said nearly every time something bad happens.  I don't need my problems downplayed by someone who feels they have more life experience than I do.  I've never quite understood what "pretend world" they're insinuating I've spent the last couple of decades living in...)\n\nOh, there are so many more.  I'm very irritable about this sort of thing, and tend to avoid cliches like the plague.  :)
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First of all, the verb "think" is only in this category when it's transitive. There is nothing wrong or informal about "I'm thinking" on its own, or "I'm thinking about..."; it's only "I'm thinking that..." that is odd.\n\nThat said, the verbs are colloquially used in the present progressive. It's not "correct" English (that's why you haven't learned it), but it gives a general sense of immediacy to the sentence, or as nellierslmm said, of surprise or a change from the normal pattern.\n\nNellierslmm's examples are great for love and like.\n\nI'm needing suggests an urgency to the need, and probably impatience. "I'm needing to find a toilet", "I'm needing to talk to you". I'm wanting could be sexual desire "I'm wanting that guy", or can also mean "I don't have and I hope I get it soon"--"I'm wanting one more ace in my poker hand".