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I'm actually a native English speaker (30yo), and feel this might actually be a recent usage? I think I started noting it as an oddity in the last decade or so.
by andrewflnr 5y ago
I'm actually a native English speaker (30yo), and feel this might actually be a recent usage? I think I started noting it as an oddity in the last decade or so. I kind of like it for the reason mtlynch said, even though you could argue it's less correct than "can't recall". I'm curious if there has actually been a long usage of "forget" this way that I managed to be oblivious of, or if it actually is recent.
- jfk13 5y agoThe OED entry[1] for forget (v.), under sense 1(b), has citations going back a couple centuries: > b. To fail to recall to mind; not to recollect. > 1787 ‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsemen 12 He says much the same of rabbits and onions, but I forget how he brings that to bear. > 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest II. i. 3 I forget the sign [of the inn]. [1] https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/73319 https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/73319