Today, we're going to look at the difference

今天，我們就來看看兩者之間的區別

between 'forget to do' and 'forget doing'.

在'忘記做'和'忘記做'之間。

Take a look at these examples:

看看這些例子吧。

'I forgot to lock the door.'

'我忘了鎖門'。

'I forgot locking the door.'

'我忘了鎖門'。

Notice the difference in the way that I said

請注意我說的方式的不同

these examples.

這些例子。

When we use the verb 'forget' followed by the

當我們使用動詞 "忘記 "時，後面跟著的是

infinitive with 'to', it means that 'you

用'to'作不定式，意思是說'你的

were supposed to do something, but you didn't

應該做一些事情，但你沒有

actually do it.'

實際上是這樣做的。

So, I was supposed to lock the door, but I didn't.

所以，我應該鎖門，但我沒有。

However, when you we use the verb 'forget' followed by

但是，當你我們使用動詞 "忘記 "時，後面跟的是

an –ing verb, it means that 'you did do

的動詞，表示 "你做了

something, but you have no memory of it'.

但你卻不記得了'。

So I did lock the door, but I don't recall it.

所以我確實鎖了門，但我不記得了。

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