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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
Forgot/left my passport
Hello! Could you please tell me if it's okay to use the word 'forget' when I'm talking about something that I left somewhere, for example 'I forgot my passport at home'? Or I should use 'leave' - 'I left my passport at home'? Is it a mistake if I use 'forget' instead of 'leave'? Thank you in advance!
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" You can say this: I forgot to bring my passport. I left it at home. I forgot my passport.
- " You can say this: I forgot to bring my passport.
- I left it at home.
- I forgot my passport.
- It's at home.
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You cannot say "I forgot it at home."
You can say this:
I forgot to bring my passport. I left it at home.
I forgot my passport. It's at home.
You can say this:
I forgot to bring my passport. I left it at home.
I forgot my passport. It's at home.
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AnonymousIs it a mistake if I use 'forget' instead of 'leave'?It's not completely unheard of, but it really doesn't make enough sense logically to say it's correct. I wouldn't bother to correct someone who said 'forget' instead of 'leave' in the middle of a conversation, but in my view it's still a mistake, however small. Google Ngrams shows that 'leave' is
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