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Be mindful of doing something indicates that you should take care to ensure that you do something good, or to be aware of the possibility ... EnglishLanguage&UsageStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforlinguists,etymologists,andseriousEnglishlanguageenthusiasts.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Startcollaboratingandsharingorganizationalknowledge. CreateafreeTeam WhyTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore Bemindfulofusingvsbemindfulof AskQuestion Asked 6years,2monthsago Modified 1year,11monthsago Viewed 14ktimes 0 1 Iamreallyconfusedwiththesesentences.Idon'tknowthetechnicalexplanationforthese.IamstudyingEnglishandIdonotunderstandwhat'swrongwiththesentences. Youjusthavetobemindfulofusingverbsinyoursentences. However,pleasebemindfulofarticlesandwordchoices. Iwastoldthatwhenshouldbeusedforthefirstsentences.Bothsentencesaregrammaticallycorrect,however,thesecondsentenceisokayandparallel.Also,botharenon-standard.Isthiscorrect?Arethereanyotherexplanationsforthis?Also,whatarethealternativesformindful?Thankyouforyourhelp! grammar Share Improvethisquestion Follow askedMay5,2016at12:08 Hayden1216Hayden1216 111goldbadge11silverbadge22bronzebadges 3 1 Afterwritingthetwosentences,youwrotethatyouweretold"when"shouldbeusedforthefirstsentence.Whereexactlywereyoutoldtouseit? – vickyace May5,2016at12:41 1 @vickyace"bemindfulwhenusing"? – Randal'Thor May5,2016at21:12 @vickyaceTheysaidthat"YoujusthavetobemindfulWHENusingverbsinyoursentences"iscorrect. – Hayden1216 May9,2016at14:25 Addacomment  |  3Answers 3 Sortedby: Resettodefault Highestscore(default) Datemodified(newestfirst) Datecreated(oldestfirst) 3 There'sonesignificantpointthatIdon'tthinkwaspickedupintheotheranswers. Bemindfulofdoingsomethingindicatesthatyoushouldtakecaretoensurethatyoudosomethinggood,ortobeawareofthepossibilitythatyoumightdosomethingunintended.Inotherwords,whatyou'remindfulofistheoutcome.Examples: Bemindfulofusingverbsinyoursentencestellsyouthatyoushouldbecarefultomakesureyouincludeverbsinyoursentences. Bemindfulofupsettingpeoplewhenyoutalkaboutpoliticsinpublictellsyouthatyoushouldconsiderthepossibilityofupsettingsomeoneifyoutalkaboutpolitics,andbecarefulnotto. Ontheotherhand,beingmindfulwhenspeaksabouttheactionyou'reperformingratherthanitsoutcome. -Bemindfulwhenusingverbsinyoursentencesassumesthatyou'reusingverbsinyoursentences,andtellsyoutobecarefulwhendoingso.Itdoesn'tspecifyofwhatyoushouldbecareful. -Bemindfulwhentalkingaboutpoliticsinpublicassumesthatyouwillbetalkingaboutpoliticsinpublic,againwithoutspecifyingwhyyoushouldbecareful. Iamstrayingintoopinioninaddingthisonelastpoint:IpersonallythinkthatwritingofbeingmindfulwhenwithoutaddingwhattobemindfulofisalmostalwayspoorEnglish,asitdoesn'tindicatehowtobemindful.Exceptinaverygeneralsenseof"beingintentionallyawareofyourself",mindfulnessreallyrequiresan"of"tobemeaningful. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredMay18,2016at11:37 almcnicollalmcnicoll 1,4241010silverbadges1616bronzebadges 1 Sometimesit’sobviousthoughandan“of”isn’trequired.“Youcango,butbecarefulwhencrossingthestreet.” – Jim Jul17,2016at16:18 Addacomment  |  0 Yes,thisdoesseemcorrecttome."When"couldbeusedinplaceof"of"inbothsentences,withaninserted"using"inthesecond,i.e.,"bemindfulwhenusing..."Inthissensemindfulmeansbecareful,andaneditormightshortenandclarifybothbywritinginstead"Becarefulwhenusingverbs,articles,andwordchoicesinyoursentences."Or"Usecarewhenwriting." Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredMay5,2016at17:11 KWinkerKWinker 1,81311goldbadge88silverbadges1212bronzebadges 0 Addacomment  |  0 I'vealsoencounteredadifferencebetween'bemindfultodos.th.'and'bemindfulofdoings.th.',wherethefirstindicateswhatyoushoulddo,whereasthesecondpointsoutwhattoavoid. Examples:'Bemindfultoturnthelightsoff'(i.e.makesureyouturnthelightsoff)and'Bemindfulofleavingthelightson'(i.e.don'tleavethemon). Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredJan10,2020at6:18 jcooperjcooper 1 Addacomment  |  YourAnswer ThanksforcontributingananswertoEnglishLanguage&UsageStackExchange!Pleasebesuretoanswerthequestion.Providedetailsandshareyourresearch!Butavoid…Askingforhelp,clarification,orrespondingtootheranswers.Makingstatementsbasedonopinion;backthemupwithreferencesorpersonalexperience.Tolearnmore,seeourtipsonwritinggreatanswers. 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