pattern of verb forget

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The sample sentence is
ex. I remembered him to be impatient. in the Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. (verb+object+to-infinitive).
And it says 'forget' belongs to this type. Is it true?
I never saw any use of 'forget' in that construction.

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

cho7712I remembered him to be impatient.

I don't want to argue with Cambridge, but it looks weird to me. Likewise with 'forget'. Maybe it's an American-British difference? These are the forms I'm most familiar with (AmE):

I remembered him being impatient.
Possibly, I remembered him [as impatient / as an impatient person].

I forgot that he was impatient.

CJ

Edit: fraze.it has only one example of "remembered him to be" (below), from the UK, but Google has 5 million hits!

I remembered him to be always in a good mood but now he looked years older.

fraze.it has no examples of "forgot him to be", but Google has a million hits.

Cho7712 · Answer

Thank you for the answer.

Clive · Answer

I remembered him to be impatient. Sounds fine to me.
I forgot him to be impatient. Sounds odd to me.

Clive

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