I have forgotten where I put my keys ???

POLANA · #1 (**permalink**) 06-Jul-2005, 20:40

thanks for telling me if the following sentence is correct, and if not, why and how to make it correct.

I have forgotten where I put my keys.

Marylin · #2 (**permalink**) 06-Jul-2005, 21:04

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Originally Posted by POLANA

thanks for telling me if the following sentence is correct, and if not, why and how to make it correct.

I have forgotten where I put my keys.

I would say I forgot where I put my keys. I don't think I can say why. Just sounds better.

Spiral · #3 (**permalink**) 07-Jul-2005, 01:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by POLANA

thanks for telling me if the following sentence is correct, and if not, why and how to make it correct.

I have forgotten where I put my keys.

There is nothing grammatically wrong with this sentences, but the way Marylin wrote it is more common.

Using the perfect tense in this sentence is more formal, I think.

Tdol · #4 (**permalink**) 07-Jul-2005, 07:11

In BrE, the present perfect would be more common if we don't have the keys now- it's one of those continental tense shifts.


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