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  1. 25-Oct-2012, 17:56 #1
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    Hi dear experts. Does the underlined part in the sentence below sound OK in English?

    "I have left my watch at home and I hate to be unaware of the time."
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    Quote Originally Posted by snade17 View Post
    Hi dear experts. Does the underlined part in the sentence below sound OK in English?

    "I have left my watch at home and I hate to be unaware of the time."
    It's OK.
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    Default Re: Is this good English

    Yes - it's OK.

    I'd say '. . .and I hate not knowing the time'.

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    Maybe I would say "forgotten" instead of "left", so as to stress that I did so unwillingly.
    Please be aware that I'm neither a native English speaker nor (at present) a teacher.
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    Quote Originally Posted by charliedeut View Post
    Maybe I would say "forgotten" instead of "left", so as to stress that I did so unwillingly.
    If I said that, I'd omit 'at home'.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 5jj View Post
    If I said that, I'd omit 'at home'.
    But IMO, you could have left/forgotten it anywhere, so I wouldn't omit "at home" (or "at the library/bar", for that matter).
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    Quote Originally Posted by charliedeut View Post
    But IMO, you could have left/forgotten it anywhere, so I wouldn't omit "at home" (or "at the library/bar", for that matter).
    'Left' and 'forgotten' are not synonymous.

    Trust me, Charlie: native speakers don't say 'I've forgotten my watch at home'.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rover_KE View Post
    'Left' and 'forgotten' are not synonymous.

    Trust me, Charlie: native speakers don't say 'I've forgotten my watch at home'.

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