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Ab.m

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I'm walking out of a bar and I'm putting my hand in my pocket, and I can't find my wallet.
So it's better to say "I have forgotten my wallet" or "I forgot my wallet" ?
 
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It depends. Your original sentences change from present tense to past tense for no apparent reason. You could therefore use either phrase for the same reason.
What does, "I left my pocket" mean? Maybe you could amend your question.
 

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I left my wallet in the bar.
 

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It depends. Your original sentences change from present tense to past tense for no apparent reason. You could therefore use either phrase for the same reason.
What does, "I left my pocket" mean? Maybe you could amend your question.
Sorry for the mistake, I've edited my question
 

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Please don't edit post #1 in any thread after it has received responses. Can you see that post #2 now looks rather strange because "I left my pocket" no longer appears in post #1. When Raymott asked you to amend the question, he meant that you should write a new version of the question in the next response.
 
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