Learn English – Should I say I “post a post” on a forum

word-usage

If I want to say

I wanted to create new post (topic, question) but I forgot to do so.

should I say

I wanted to post a post but I forgot to do so.

or should I say

I wanted to post but I forgot to do so.

Best Answer

It's theoretically correct, you just need to add an article to make a noun out of the word post, like this:

I wanted to post a post, but I forgot to do so.

EDIT:

Either I didn't understand the question, or the others didn't understand my answer, so I'd like to rephrase myself: The above sentence is grammatical, there's nothing wrong with it from the technical point of view.

To go outside of what the OP asks, I would also add that repeating the same word is a bit unusual, but not incorrect. We don't know how the OP needs/wants to use the sentence, therefore we may not judge what's best for him.

To suggest some more usual options:

I wanted to submit a new post.
I wanted to create a new thread.
I wanted to add my reply.

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