Hello,
How odd or irregular is the sentence "they quickly forget" to you ? Or is it even ?
Thank you.
Hello,
How odd or irregular is the sentence "they quickly forget" to you ? Or is it even ?
Thank you.
It's an incomplete sentence, but otherwise it is perfectly fine.
I'm certain that forget may be used intransitively.
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What's wrong with the action of "forgetting" becoming "quickly" ? As far as I know "quickly" does not necessarily have to denote only a favorable speed, right ?
Basically, it means there is no point telling some one something, because "they quickly forget". It is a negative, meaning they don't listen to what they are told. In one ear, out of the other. They don't pay attention to what you say to them. etc. Typically not doing what they are meant to be doing or didn't do what they were meant to.
For example:
LEN: "It should be okay, I told Tiaexz to lock up the Org after closing hours since he was staying late"
Andres: "You know how he always quickly forgets.."
*The Org is still left open, Tiaexz didn't lock up*
Last edited by Beskar; 12-13-2012 at 23:57.
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There's nothing wrong with forgetting quickly; a person can also forget slowly. Quickly just means with speed. It has no favorable or unfavorable meaning on its own. The word can only imply something good or bad if speed itself is a good or bad thing in a particular situation.
The only time I have heard it is in the context of my example. It is used as a phrase to imply some one is unreliable. Suggesting they 'quickly forget' like Tiaexz didn't lock up the Org before he went home, when LEN on relying upon him.
The way LEN is wondering why it was negative in this post makes it seem it was used in that context as well.
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The phrase "They quickly forget" is right depending on the grammatical tense. If you were trying to use it in past-tense I think the phrase "The quickly forgot" is correct. While if you were trying to use it in present/future tense the correct phrase would be "They'll (will) quickly forget". If you mean to say someone is unreliable I think the phrase would be, "They are forgetful".
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So I was right in insisting and saying "what's wrong with that ?". A KPDS (national-level accredited foreign language exam held by the state) contender friend of mine felt ultimately sure that the sentence was a literal translation from Turkish.
Thank you all.
They quikly forgot, or They forget quikly. Your friend is right.
You are not native in English. Go away.
The sentence is perfectly fine.
Why don't you simply tell you patients their dosage instead of writing it out for them?
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