Think about how to vs Think how to

Both "think about how to" and "think how to" are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. "Think about how to" is used when considering a process or method, while "think how to" is used when focusing on the action or outcome.

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Think about how to

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when considering a process or method of doing something. It implies a deeper level of thought about the approach to take.

Examples:

I need to think about how to solve this problem.
She is thinking about how to approach the project.

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Think about how to live life... how many people really do?
You got to think about how to get out of here.
And so we must think about how to solve this problem.
We need to think about how to impose mandatory specifications to ensure buildings are stable.
To be black is better than to be gay. If you were born black, at least you don't have to think about how to tell your mother about this.
Instead of tearing children away from their families, we should think about how to support parents and families in their mutual responsibilities.
We should therefore think about how to support them.
Each institution therefore needs to think about how to ensure that amendments to legislative proposals are properly assessed.
Now, Einstein believed his image wouldn't disappear, so he started to think about how to resolve this paradox.
We should use this debate as an opportunity to think about how to limit the social effects of the present crisis.
Policy also has to think about how to discourage speculative attacks against the currencies of new Member States.
The same countries are now beginning to think about how to freeze bank accounts and how to support opponents of these governments.
You will have time to think about how to live life
It feels less positive, less optimistic, to talk about how the pie is sliced than to think about how to make the pie bigger.
Maybe it's a problem of the political culture, and we have to think about how to change that political culture.
At least we won't have to always think about how to pay back the money!
And I think by pulling these things together, if we can start to think about how to understand and leverage these, we're going to empower the patient, enable the doctor, enhance wellness and begin to cure the well before they get sick.
It is equally important for us to think about how to plan the development of this sector, since money is available both as direct subsidies and also for the development of rural areas.
Think about how to undo your wicked, little body swap, and then we can talk about help.
Now we should think about how to tell your family.

Alternatives:

consider how to
contemplate how to
ponder how to

Think how to

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when focusing on the action or outcome of thinking. It implies a direct consideration of the steps or actions to be taken.

Examples:

I need to think how to fix this issue.
She is thinking how to best approach the situation.

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For seven days and nights all I did was sit and think how to die
I'll have to think how to tell Leonor.
I can't even think how to start.
I just couldn't begin to think how to do that his way.
But boss, you need to think how to do it.
In the area of health, we must think how to provide treatments, especially for diseases associated with old age.
...l can't think how to tell my wife...
It is up to us, the international community, to think how to guarantee the security of both.
We must think how to deal with the commercial exploitation of the results of research projects within the framework of innovation measures.
For the life of me, Paul... ...l can't think how to tell my wife...
At the same time, though, the situation must not be underestimated, and we must now think how to keep the situation under control following the full accession of these countries to Schengen.
We must act intelligently, we have to think how to overcome this, we can all leave of here alive.

Alternatives:

consider how to
contemplate how to
ponder how to

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Think about how to vs Think how to