I forgot to brought my money.
I am an English teacher but I got stranded in this sentence. I know (or I least, I think) it’s more common to say:
I forgot to bring my money.
but I can’t explain why. Or are both verb tenses correct?
infinitivespast-tensetense
I forgot to brought my money.
I am an English teacher but I got stranded in this sentence. I know (or I least, I think) it’s more common to say:
I forgot to bring my money.
but I can’t explain why. Or are both verb tenses correct?
Best Answer
brought is the simple past of irregular verb bring.
Forget is complemented by an infinitive clause:
by a noun-phrase:
Sometimes that last usage, where forget means "abandon your plans", uses the preposition about:
or by a prepositional phrase: