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Grammar and Linguistics > Overlook and forget
Overlook and forget
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lizgc7
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Overlook and forget
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Hello dear teachers!
Could you help me telling me the difference between overlook and forget? For example: In the sentence: She forgot / overlooked to tell you about his visit. Whis is the correct verb?
Thanks in advance! Greetings from Mexico! =) |
17 May 2013
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maceman
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Hello Lizgc7, Here is a site that could help you determine the difference. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forget In the third definition 3(A) there is a hyper-link to the word overlook. Hope it helps you. |
17 May 2013
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daver
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Just from a grammatical standpoint, forget can be followed by to <verb>, as you have in your example, whereas I really don �t think that �s acceptable for overlook. The latter must be followed by a noun phrase. So, to use your example, it would be either
She forgot to tell you about his visit
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She overlooked telling you about his visit. |
17 May 2013
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