Expression: "He forgot money at home."

[Tom]

Hi

Would a NATIVE SPEAKER find the following sentences odd or wrong?

[Barb_D]

1. I would say this needs "his money" or "the money" (if there was some wad of cash of already discussed), and not just "money."
2. This sounds totally fine. Do you think it sounds like he's in the hotel room and has forgotten about his key? As a native speaker, I would know right away this means that the keys are in the hotel room and he is somewhere else (though he meant t have his keys with him).

[Yankee]

Hi Tom

If what you mean is

1. He forgot to bring money/his wallet (with him).
and
2. He accidentally left the his keys (behind) in the hotel room.

then, no, I would not use the sentences you posted.

However, I suppose your sentences might be used by some on occasion, but the wording you used is not something I would expect to hear in my neck of the woods.

As Barb mentioned, though, I would probably understand what you meant based on the context.
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[Tom]

Many thanks, A and B--I mean, Amy and Barbara.

I am sure you know that Michael Swan disapproves of forget with place, and calls the following sentences as grammatically incorrect.

One cannot say at a shopping mall:

[Alan]

Comrade Swan has a point but I wouldn't describe the construction as grammatically incorrect but more forcibly I would describe it as not making sense. OK you can forget something suggesting not remembering to bring it with you but it's stretching it a bit to say that you forget something somewhere by suggesting that it's not only been forgotten but left somewhere as well!

Alan
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[Stew.t.]

Hi Tom

Are you per chance German? To forget your keys is a literal translation from the phrase used in German.

Left is more common.
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[Lost_Soul]

Hi, Stew

Actually, in Russian we normally use forget (altogether with leave) either. It's news to me that English-speakers lean to "leave"

[Wilasdurve]

hi, stew, tom & alan,
use of word "forget" is more appropriate. can we not say "forgot to bring the money" instead; as money can not move itself unless one forget to put in the one's pocket and then money can not leave any place unless one puts it in the one's pocket without "forgetting"
vilas

[Daemon99]

Even Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary says that we should not mention place when we use the verb forget. We need to use leave instead.

I forgot my keys at the hotel - Wrong
I left my keys at the hotel. - Right
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