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Cho7712 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

forget about

In reference to Quirk,
ex. I forget (about) locking the door.
This sentence could be optionally interpreted as I forget that I should have locked the door. (should with putative sense)

Does this mean that I forget that the very idea of locking the door with the result of the door open?
  

Top answer

I forget locking the door . — I locked it but I can't remember doing so. I forget about locking the door.

— GPY

  • I forget locking the door .
  • — I locked it but I can't remember doing so.
  • I forget about locking the door.
  • — Seems to be talking about an attitude or decision generally not to think about or be concerned about locking it.
  • I forget that I should have locked the door.
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I forget locking the door. — I locked it but I can't remember doing so.
I forget about locking the door.— Seems to be talking about an attitude or decision generally not to think about or be concerned about locking it.
I forget that I should have locked the door. — Tense combination seems unlikely.
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Thank you for the answer.
The tense mixture is my mistake.
Then, the possibility of failing locking the door is excluded in forget+gerund-participial. Is it right?
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cho7712Then, the possibility of failing locking the door is excluded in forget+gerund-participial. Is it right?
The way I understand it, yes. ("I forgot to lock the door" is used in that case, as you would probably know,)
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