chain of events / train of events.

[Boris Tatarenko]

I've learnt new phrases and I'm trying to make good and natural sentences.

1) You don't understand what a chain/train of events you started when you forgot locking the door. (I heard something like that when I was in the UK, but I don't remeber exactly what I heard)
2) Now we're not able to stop this chain/train of events because of you.
3) We're not interested in such a chain/train of events. We've to do anything to avoid/prevent it.

An extra one:

Can I replace "a chain of events" with "sequence of events" or "trend of events" in #3?

Thanks in advance.

 

[MikeNewYork]

It is "chain" of events, not "train" of events.

1. "Forgot locking the door" probably doesn't work. "Forget" is one of those verbs that create a different meaning when they take a gerund instead of an infinitive. "Forgot locking the door" means the person locked the door but forget doing it. "Forgot to lock the door" means the door was left open. The latter is more likely to fit the context in your sentence.

2. OK.

3. I don't think "not interested in" is strong enough to match the end of the sentence.

 

[Boris Tatarenko]

Live and learn. :-D

When I was writing #3 I drew a parallel between my mother tongue. What would you say?

 

[Raymott]

"We've to do anything to avoid/prevent it."
You can't say "We've to do ..." You need, "We have to do ..." or "We've got to do ....", "We must do ..."
Also, 'anything' is not right there. You could use 'something'. "We have to do something to prevent it."

 

[MikeNewYork]

For number three, one possibility is "We cannot tolerate that chain of events. We have to do something to prevent it.