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Mani P Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Birthday party

Hi friends,

If I say to my child,

"You can't go there today. You have a birthday party, remember?"

("a" birthday party - I think you may have forgot about it, so I am reintroducing it)

OR

"You can't go there today. You have the birthday party, remember?"

("the" birthday party - the one about which I expect you to know)

So I choose how central the birthday party is. Does this make a sense?
  

Top answer

Mani P Does this make sense ? Yes.

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  • Yes.
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Mani PDoes this make sense?
Yes.
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Mani PI think you may have forgot about it
I think you may have forgotten about it
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AnonymousI think you may have forgotten about it
The past participle is 'forgot' or 'forgotten'. Both are fine and common.
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Mister MicawberYes.
Thank you, Mister Micawber. I appreciate it.
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Mister MicawberThe past participle is 'forgot' or 'forgotten'. Both are fine and common.
'Forgot' as third form (past participle) is incorrect in BrE.
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My 2011 Concise Oxford says 'forgotten or chiefly US forgot', while my old 1944 Shorter Oxford says it is 'archaic and poetical'.
What goes around comes around,
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