Pedants unite! Please come & vote for “another think coming”!

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Dominic Grieve is reported to have said “another thing”!
In the Commons

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"Think" doesn't make grammatical sense though. Surely it would be "you've got another thought coming?"

"You've got another thing coming" = you've got something else coming your way.

It doesn't have to be grammatical. Thing makes no grammatical sense either.

Its definitely think, not thing.
As a pp said if you think you're going out dressed like that you've got another think coming.

I have never heard anyone in my life say 'think' until I saw it on mumsnet

Yes of course think doesn’t make sense, that’s the whole joke. Oh, you think that do you? Well, you’ve got another “think” coming, young lady. Etc.

What on earth would the THING be that is coming? That is just WRONG.

Of course it's think.

Sometimes I despair, I really do. It's the only one that makes sense. It means you need to have another think because you are wrong.

'Thing' makes no sense at all in the context.

I wonder if it's regional / age issue?

Where are you THINGers from & how old?

Where are us THINKers from & how old?

I'm NW England, 50.

Of course it's think. Thing would be daft.

It's definitely think; thing makes no sense at all.

Article here

Seriously, those who think it's "thing", what does that mean in the context? What is the "thing" that is coming?

Think. Of course.

It's think.

Think

iklboo I'm a similar region & age as you, also a THINKer.

Oh please! Of course it's another thing! How on earth would 'think' make sense in that context? Another thing refers to something else. Good grief.

Another thing refers to something else

Use it in a proper sentence in that context then, someone, I find it baffling WTF you could mean.

Definitely ‘think’. It’s commonly incorrectly changed to thing and has somehow fallen into the mainstream.

Plus if Susie Dent says it, it’s true. You don’t argue with a lexicographer!

I agree that "think" is the original (and correct) version, but "thing" is pretty common (and I thought it was "thing" until only a few years ago).

Here's an example that amuses me: a journalist wrote two articles on the same day and in one he's used (or been copy-edited to use) "thing" and one it's "think" - he's quoting the same speech in each of them!

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/11566089/Election-2015-sketch-I-FEEL-BLOODY-LIVELY-At-last-David-Cameron-gets-passionate...-and-its-a-little-bit-scary.html

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/11565592/David-Cameron-gets-pumped-up-during-speech-on-election-campaign.html

Of course it's not 'thing'

The whole expression is "If you think that, then you've got another think coming". Thing makes no sense. Just because something is commonly said, that doesn't mean it's correct!

It's a bit like the Americans saying "I could care less", meaning "I couldn't care less". It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever!

Think.
Diction is so sloppy these days you can see how it happens.

I'll forgive Dominic Grieve this time. He's got better things on his mind.

But another think coming makes no bloody sense at all.

Missmouse, ’think’ has been explained about 50 times so far on this thread.

Still waiting for an example of a sentence showing why ‘thing’ WOULD make sense.

I don't think you can blame sloppy diction. I'm sure even well enunciated speech flowing quickly could lead to "think coming" being misheard. Anyway, "thing coming" is documented by the OED back to 1919, so it's a century old. Apparently, the earliest documented "think coming" is 18 years AFTER that!

itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004971.html

Oh please! Of course it's another thing! How on earth would 'think' make sense in that context? Another thing refers to something else. Good grief.