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Discover LudwigThe phrase "think to himself" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is used to indicate that someone is having thoughts or inner dialogue without speaking them aloud. Example: "As he watched the sunset, he couldn't help but think to himself how lucky he was to be alive and to have witnessed such a beautiful moment."
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However, he should always think to himself what his subconscious may be thinking or how it may be causing him to act".
"However he should always think to himself what his subconscious may be thinking or how it may be causing him to act; and he should always remember how things may look to the defendant, and indeed to the jury and to the public generally".
he would think to himself: "Should I bunt?
Mr. Keating would leave and think to himself, "I kind of like the fella".
In his first years back, as the losses mounted, he said he would think to himself, "You know what, it's going to work out".
It goes without saying that he did not know what he was doing at the outset; he did not, that is, think to himself, I would like to be come a scholar of Locke, Hobbes and Mill.
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"Damn it," Bond thought to himself.
A "lethargic" he thought to himself.
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"Whatever," Mr. Blanchard thought to himself.
"Clone her?" he thought to himself.
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