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Consider doing something vs consider to do something

Both are commonly used phrases, but "consider doing something" is more widely accepted and preferred in English. The gerund form (doing) is typically used after the verb "consider."
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Last updated: March 03, 2025 • 6592 views

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

"Consider doing something"

The phrase "consider doing something" is the correct form. The gerund form (doing) is used after the verb "consider."

Examples:

  • I will consider doing the project next week.
  • She is considering doing a PhD in economics.
  • Have you considered doing a language course?
  • They are considering doing a complete renovation of the house.
  • He considered doing a different job.
  • Maybe when you walk into a hotel room and you see a guy getting back together with his girlfriend, you should consider doing something other than crawling into the adjoining bed.
  • And bolting the remote to the nightstand is something we should really consider doing at home.
  • We have to consider the ethics of promising one thing and doing something different.
  • I would like to ask if this is a reason to consider whether we are by chance doing something wrong.
  • Would that be something that you might consider doing?
  • Doing something different, doing something innovative.
  • Evan, there's something that I never told you because I didn't know what you would think, but in university, I made money by doing something that some people might consider...
  • I'm considering doing something symbolically meaningful here.
  • Boyle got hurt doing something brave.
  • Someone round here doing something normal.
  • He's a brave man doing something extraordinary.
  • You were just a regular guy doing something remarkable.
  • They were doing something much simpler.
  • All intellectuals dream of doing something.
  • Her dads are doing something called sitting shivah.
  • I always imagined meself doing something much worse.
  • She is merely doing something irreparable.
  • Then I shall have to consider doing the unthinkable.
  • You might want to consider doing up your fly.
  • I would consider doing a print ad.

Alternatives:

  • think about doing something
  • contemplate doing something
  • ponder doing something
  • mull over doing something
  • reflect on doing something

This phrase is not considered correct in English. The infinitive form (to do) is not typically used after the verb "consider."

"consider to do something"

Avoid using the phrase "consider to do something." Instead, use the gerund form (doing) after the verb "consider."
  • Our first item up for bids tonight is something I consider to be very boss indeed.
  • Maybe you should just consider something less Jackie-centric.
  • You should consider something a little less risky.
  • I'd like you to consider something.
  • But I want you to consider something.
  • Might want to consider something a little stronger.
  • Don't consider something that even a child understands.
  • You really should consider something a bit more fuel-efficient.
  • In my opinion, it is right to consider something like this.
  • We would be changing the law to make it executable again, which is something I consider to be unacceptable.
  • That is something I consider to be worthwhile, but it is not something we can probably decide in this type of document.
  • The Council accepted this, and we shall now be able to do away with use of the substances for inducing rutting, something I consider to be major progress.
  • According to the dictionary: a tendency of the spirit to consider something as probable; the second of the theological virtues; expectation; supposition; probability.
  • I will therefore defend the issue of human rights, and, at the same time, as a head of state, I have to consider something.
  • You may even consider it something of a promotion.
  • Consider moving something into an empty slot
  • So I do not consider efficiency something bad.
  • What, for example, is to be made of the much-touted benefits of wind power, something I consider to be an economic and ecological mistake?
  • Parliament believed, however, that some amendments were necessary in order to improve the quality of the text, and, above all, to extend the scope of the proposal to include researchers, something I consider to be extremely important.
  • In any event, to coincide with international women's day as it were, by taking this decision the European Parliament is encouraging a new step in the establishment of equal opportunities, something I consider to be one of the fundamental ambitions of a modern Europe.

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