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Lucas21c Posted 17 years ago
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Is this sentence OK?

Reading books, I have forgot myself totally to explore other people's world.

(I hope it has the same meaning with this sentence, "I immersed myself in reading, exploring other people's worlds, just so i could forget my own.")

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Please check it out. Thanks.
  

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Hi, Reading books, I have forgot myself totally to explore other people's world. ") In your sentence, the 'forgetting' is accidental, a by-product of reading. In the original sentence, it is the purpose.

  • Hi, Reading books, I have forgot myself totally to explore other people's world.
  • ") In your sentence, the 'forgetting' is accidental, a by-product of reading.
  • In the original sentence, it is the purpose.
  • 'To explore' is not a good collocation in your sentence.
  • I suggest In order to forget my own world totally, I explore other people's worlds by reading.
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Hi,

Reading books, I have forgot myself totally to explore other people's world.

(I hope it has the same meaning with this sentence, "I immersed myself in reading, exploring other people's worlds, just so i could forget my own.")

In your sentence, the 'forgetting' is accidental, a by-product of reading.

In the original sentence, it is the purpose.

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