[Grammar] Is this good English

[snade17]

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."

 

[bhaisahab]

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.

 

[Rover_KE]

Yes - it's OK.

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

Rover

 

[charliedeut]

Maybe I would say "forgotten" instead of "left", so as to stress that I did so unwillingly.

 

[5jj]

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'.

 

[charliedeut]

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).

 

[Rover_KE]

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'.

Rover

 

[charliedeut]

'Left' and 'forgotten' are not synonymous.

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

Rover

OK. :up: