Why in "think about/of" and "talk about" the "of" and "about" sometimes are omitted?

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I sometimes see, more often of late, that in sentences like this:

There're less known but high performing currencies: think of Georgian Larry, Armenian Dram.

"of" or "about" get omitted:

There're less known but high performing currencies: think Georgian Larry, Armenian Dram.

or

There're less known but high performing currencies: I'm talking Georgian Larry, Armenian Dram.

I see it happen in writing too.
Is this the latest trend, to talk this way? Or has it always been grammatically correct?

Kate Bunting · Accepted Answer

Ways of using words change with time; it's not really a question of whether something is grammatically correct, just whether it's standard usage. People used to say "I think it fortunate that...", but now we would say "I think it's (it is) fortunate that..."
"Think XYZ" meaning "Think of" or "For example, XYZ" is just another change in usage that has happened in recent years.

Why in "think about/of" and "talk about" the "of" and "about" sometimes are omitted?

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