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    Usage of "think" instead of "thing"

    Quest: And We Shall Call It Eureka

    Toward the end of the quest, you speak with Ejika Tsunjika who at one point says the following:
    Of course I do! If you think I'm about to let a by-the-book traditionalist like you conduct an independent investigation, you've got another think coming!

    I believe the word "think" there, should instead be "thing"...? Maybe not, now that I'm being corrected down below. Never heard that usage.
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    It could be deliberate, owing to the player character presumably 'thinking' one thing, and about to 'think' something else, once they're better informed.
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    That is actually the correct word in that particular colloquialism.

    http://grammarist.com/usage/another-think-coming/
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferth View Post
    That is actually the correct word in that particular colloquialism.

    http://grammarist.com/usage/another-think-coming/



    The FATE system is not living up to it's potential.
    (emphasis mine)

    http://grammarist.com/spelling/its-its/

    Though perhaps I missed intentional irony in a grammar/usage post!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Avenger View Post
    Thanks. That's been my signature for years. You're the first one to comment on it.
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    Last edited by Ferth; 03-17-2018 at 09:37 AM.

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    Interesting, I've never heard it that way before.
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    "If you think [x]..... you've got another think coming."

    Kinda a logical conclusion there.
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