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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
"Forget" and "Forget about"
What's the difference betweent the usage of "forget something" and "forget about something"? Are there any rules to distinguish them?
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Pretty similar, but if splitting hairs: forget something: you really forget that very thing forget about something: you forget the idea, the mention, the symbol of it
- Pretty similar, but if splitting hairs: forget something: you really forget that very thing forget about something: you forget the idea, the mention, the symbol of it
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Pretty similar, but if splitting hairs:
forget something: you really forget that very thing
forget about something: you forget the idea, the mention, the symbol of it
forget something: you really forget that very thing
forget about something: you forget the idea, the mention, the symbol of it
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If you forget X, you leave X behind or you fail to remember X.
If you forget about X, you actually forget something about X (the event involving X, the circumstances surrounding X, etc.).
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If you forget about X, you actually forget something about X (the event involving X, the circumstances surrounding X, etc.).
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