Forget or forgot

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past tense and present tense?

Pieanne · Accepted Answer

Hello!
forget is simple present for all persons except she/he/it: she forgets
forgot is simple past (all persons)

English_starter · Answer

I am glad you pointed out, but I am sorry to say. I know that, I was just pointing it out.

Pieanne · Answer

Sorry! What exactly did you want to know?

Anonymous · Answer

so when do you use forgot and when do you use forget?

Pieanne · Answer

Forget: "I always forget to lock the door when I go off to work".

Forgot: A: "Did you buy the pizzas?" B: "Sorry, love, I forgot..."

The Sweet Desert · Answer

well,starter please don't panic .It's a piece of cake.

1- use ,forget , if you are not careless or when you didn't neglect the matter.

2- use , forgot, if you were careless about the matter i.e. , when you neglect the matter.

Anonymous · Answer

1b00Sigh02b00 It is 'I have forgotten' not 'I forgot'. Tisk tisk0-

BarbaraPA · Answer

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Anonymous · Answer

Wish I could share, but I forget...... <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/2.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/2.gif' alt='Emotion: big smile'/>

Anonymous · Answer

The thing about forgot/forget is that people tend to think it's a verb like find out, so you don't use it in present tense to describe something you know, e.g. we don't say I find out where he lives. Using the same logic you would think that to describe something you don't know becouse of forgetting you shouldn't use present, and say I forgot where he lived, but in fact, forget is like know, and just as you can use I know where he lives, you can use I forget where he lives.

"... two years ago I find out where he lived and I knew where he lived until this spring. Then I forgot where he lived. Now I forget where he lives. I don't know where he lives. I forget."

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