[Grammar] temporarily forget

[Ashiuhto]

Is the following wording correct?

Online games make students temporarily forget the anxiety in real life. As a result, they extend longer time surfing the Net day by day.

 

[Chicken Sandwich]

***** NOT A TEACHER *****

Is the following wording correct?

Not quite, I'm afraid. Are you referring to some kind of specific anxiety? If not, here's how I would write it:

Online games make students temporarily forget their real-life anxieties. As a result, they spend more time surfing the Net day by day.

 

[BobK]

:up: An idiom you might find useful if you want an alternative rewrite - which isn't necessary because CS's is fine ;-) - is '<something> slips your mind'. In that context though, I think it's better to focus on the gamer as 'losing track of the real world'.

b

PS ...And if they do their gaming on Second Life, you could say they lose track of their first life.