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Is it correct to say I am thinking of going to the beach or should I say I am thinking on going to the beach?

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  • There are many odd sentences that can make sense given the appropriate context. 'Correctness' depends on what you're trying to say. What are you trying to say?
    – Lawrence
    Commented Jan 18, 2018 at 16:29
  • 'I am thinking on going to the beach' is not necessarily ungrammatical, as Lawrence implies, but 'I am considering leaving' (ie deciding whether to, and quite possibly going to, leave) = 'I am thinking of leaving'.
    – Edwin Ashworth
    Commented Jan 18, 2018 at 17:02

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Assuming that you mean you are considering that you will maybe go to the beach, the normal statement is

I am thinking of going to the beach.

If you used on instead of of if would mean that you were thinking in the abstract about the concept of going to the beach, and even then it would be unusual.

You might say something like "I am thinking on the subject of death and forgiveness in the writings of J.K. Rowling", but even then the word "about" would be more usual than "on".

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