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Expression: "Forgive and forget"



 
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Expression: "Forgive and forget" Sun Oct 01, 2006 17:46 pm  Expression: "Forgive and forget"
 

Hi

You may have heard the expression forgive and forget! If I deviate a bit from it changing the verbs into adjectives, what should I use? See below, please!

1- She has been very forgiving and---------- all these years. (forgetting sounds ugly here)

Could you please help?

I would be grateful!

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Expression: "Forgive and forget" Sun Oct 01, 2006 18:57 pm  Expression: "Forgive and forget"
 

Hi Tom

You've changed forgive and forget into adjectives and I agree: It does sound odd that way.

What about using the present perfect continuous instead, for example?

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Forgive Sun Oct 01, 2006 20:01 pm  Forgive
 

Hi Tom,

Perhaps you could say very forgiving and willing to forget.

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Expression: "Forgive and forget" Sun Oct 01, 2006 21:22 pm  Expression: "Forgive and forget"
 

Thanks, Alan and Amy!

Amy wrote:
What about using the present perfect continuous instead, for example?

Tom wrote:
1- She has been very forgiving and---------- all these years. (forgetting sounds ugly here)

Interestingly enough, Amy, when I tried to turn my sentence into present perfect continuous, it turned out to be the same! Shocked Laughing

Tom

P.S. with the exception of very, of course!
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