6/1/2023 0 Comments I forgot my homework at home![]() Note 2: To me, all four apply equally well on the bus, after it has left my house, and at school, and all four apply equally well no matter who I am talking to. Note 1: The difference between past simple and present perfect in these sentences has nothing to do with the importance of doing it or of knowing when you did it. If we make the reasonable assumption that first I did my homework (the first event) and then I left it at home (the second event), all four corrected sentences are equally applicable, and all four are equally natural when taken without context. Referring to JulianStuarts versions of the three sentences for simplicity's sake. A natural way in AmE to say this is "I forgot and left it at home". ![]() "I forgot it home" and "I've forgotten it home" are not natural things to say in AmE, but I think I see what you mean: I left it at home and forgot to bring it to school. ![]()
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