[Grammar] I forgot/I've forgotten

[Will17]

Hello!

If I say "oh no, I forgot what I wanted to say!" Is it right?

Is it better to use the present perfect: "oh no, I've forgotten what I wanted to say!"

Thank you very much!
WIll17

 

[5jj]

If I say "oh no, I forgot what I wanted to say!" Is it right?

Is it better to use the present perfect: "oh no, I've forgotten what I wanted to say!"WIll17

I, a speaker of BrE, would probably use the present perfect, but both are fine.

 

[nyota]

Some of the teachers will soon shoot us for present perfect vs. past simple questions. :-D

AmE - forgot possible
BrE - have forgotten - more likely

 

[freezeframe]

Some of the teachers will soon shoot us for present perfect vs. past simple questions. :-D

AmE - forgot possible
BrE - have forgotten - more likely

:2gunfire:

 

[5jj]

Some of the teachers will soon shoot us for present perfect vs. past simple questions. :-D

It's our own fault.

Some of us make a big issue of this when, in reality, there are many cases when it really doesn't matter. Even when speakers of BrE prefer the present perfect, the past simple is sometimes acceptable.

 

[nyota]

:2gunfire:

Yikes! A self-fulfilling prophecy. :crazyeye:

 

[nyota]

It's our own fault.

Some of us make a big issue of this when, in reality, there are many cases when it really doesn't matter. Even when speakers of BrE prefer the present perfect, the past simple is sometimes acceptable.

Oh well, learners like clear rules, so teachers give them what they want. And once you've learnt the rule, you can learn there are some exceptions to it, and that it's actually more of a pattern, and that ACTUALLY, everything goes. ;-)

 

[caronmi]

Some of the teachers will soon shoot us for present perfect vs. past simple questions. :-D

What does "shoot us for" mean here?:shock:

 

[caronmi]

Oh well, learners like clear rules, so teachers give them what they want. And once you've learnt the rule, you can learn there are some exceptions to it, and that it's actually more of a pattern.

Sounds a little rigid, huh? I assumed only Chinese teachers use this teaching method...:eyes:

 

[nyota]

Some of the teachers will soon shoot us for present perfect vs. past simple questions. :-D

What does "shoot us for" mean here?:shock:

They'll shoot us for (asking) present perfect vs. past simple questions all the time.

 

[nyota]

Sounds a little rigid, huh? I assumed only Chinese teachers use this teaching method...:eyes:

We all need some point of reference before we can experiment with another language, so yep, I guess it's what offen happens.