Could you correct the grammar of this statement, if any

Question

What we think may be different, but our capabilities to think them are not different.

Is there any grammatical error in this statement?

Answer 1

I believe it is o.k. grammar wise.  But, it sounds a bit off to me.  When I first read it, the beginning of the sentence gave me a different impression...mid-sentence I had to go back to the beginning to put a different inflection into it.  I rewrote it this way, but depending on the rest of your text, it may not fit.  I think you should find a way to rewrite it to fit your text.

Although, what we think may be different, our capabilities to think are not.

Answer 2

Our thoughts may be different, but our ability to think them is not different.

Answer 3

The comma IS necessary.

My problem with this sentence is the "them" reference. "Them" refers back to "what we think" which is NOT a plural (eg-- them).

It's an awkward sentence at best, which needs to read something to the effect of:

What we think may be different, but our capabilities to think these different thoughts are not different.

or

What we think may be different, but our capabilities to think individually are not different.

See the difference?

The way to find the errors are to replace the pronoun (them) with the word it is replacing.

Cheers

Answer 4

it seems grammatically correct to me

Answer 5

How about "While our thoughts may differ from person to person, our capacity to think them does not"?

I found the "what" a bit clumsy and the repetition of "different" jarred. I would have used "capacity" instead of "capability". But there's no grammatical error - the comma definitely is necessary. I'm just picky.

I always have six or seven different thoughts buzzing around inside my head at a time so have no problem with "them".

Answer 6

May I please ask you politely whether using Philosophy section to check on grammar is right?  

Answer 7

'it' instead of 'them'. Use 'the things' rather than 'what' if you want to stick with 'them'. I suppose the way you have it goes in American-English, though, where 'anyways' is used, anyway!

Answer 8

What we think may be different, but our capabilities to think about them are not different.

Answer 9

Grammatically correct.

Answer 10

The comma is unnecessary.