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Sentence The phrase "afford to think" is not a correct grammatical construction in written English.
To express the idea of having the time or mental capacity to consider something, a more accurate phrasing would be "able to think" or "able to consider". For example: "I was too exhausted to be able to think about what I wanted for dinner."
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You can't afford to think like that".
She said she could not afford to think about retirement.
Not that the Thunder can afford to think like that.
I'm going to be the underdog, but I can't afford to think about that.
"I can now afford to think about her," Ms. Didion writes.
The fact is, you can't afford to think too much during a turnaround.
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They should use the opportunity that a respite from power affords to think boldly, broadly and practically.
The countries that suffered the most were those that had no locally owned banking system — think of Eastern Europe — and those that had banking systems far larger than the nation could afford to rescue — think of Iceland.
I couldn't afford to even think about it.
With such a serious health threat to our society, millennials simply cannot afford to only think about me me me.
The government clearly must not let its guard slip and it equally clearly cannot afford to be thought to be asleep on the job.
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