[Wise Blue]

i have seen this poem long ago....i deleted it after one click anw :">

[babyB0Y]

That poem is quite interesting but too long to read . . .

['or''=']

I saw this picture for the first time when I got a placement test at ACET.
It was next to a 7.5 IELTS test report form of an ACET student.
At that time I was not so confident in my English, but I said for a joke that one day I would get a band score of more than 7.5.
It's really nice to recall that moment.
Do you guys have this picture in higher resolution?

[Atomos]

it doesn't seem right to me. For your 2nd example, I would have said "I forgot that I've closed the door".

Neither does your sentence seem right to me. Instead, I would say, "I forgot that I HAD closed the door" or "I forgot having closed the door." Forget + V-ing is mostly used when you want to say that you can't/don't remember doing something in the past.

As a side note, there's nothing wrong with the sentence "I forgot closing the door" as it literally means "I forgot that I closed the door." While this one is less preferable in which it does not explicitly tell us about the order of the action, it's still perfectly acceptable.

P/s: I totally agree with Wise Blue's examples & explanation, which are, in fact, from Mister Micawber on English-tests.

The gerund is not as often used. It gives a slightly different meaning to "forget". In this construction, the idea is that there is no hope of doing something, that one may as well abandon the prospect of doing it. In this structure, "can" is usually used with "forget".

While this usage does exist, it is not necessarily the only one of the structure "forget + v-ing."

[manhcuong301]

Originally Posted by chiphu

Let's take a break with this poem. Cool, is it not?


Source: http://viettorrent.vn/forum/showthread.php?t=2112

great, thanks you.

[Wise Blue]

@'or''='

i like the picture

[chiphu]

Originally Posted by 'or''='

Do you guys have this picture in higher resolution?
_http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3553/3666122170_e50483ff28.jpg

Sorry, but I got it in lower res than you expect

[Chiln]

Neither does your sentence seem right to me. Instead, I would say, "I forgot that I HAD closed the door" or "I forgot having closed the door." Forget + V-ing is mostly used when you want to say that you can't/don't remember doing something in the past.

You mean "I forgot having the door closed"?

[chiphu]

Originally Posted by Chiln

You mean "I forgot having the door closed"?

I don't know what you two are talking about but this sentence of yours is supposed to mean that I forgot to have/ask someone to close the door for me.

[Atomos]

Originally Posted by Chiln

You mean "I forgot having the door closed"?

No, I mean exactly what I said, which is "I forgot having closed the door."