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Forego vs. Forgo
Forego
/fɔːˈɡəʊ/Examples:
She decided to forego dessert to stay on her diet.Students may forego attending in-person classes this week.The team chose to forego a lengthy meeting and send an email instead.
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Forgo
/fɔːˈɡəʊ/Examples:
She had to forgo chocolate during her diet.He chose to forgo the company car to reduce costs.They decided to forgo their annual holiday trip.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Forego often relates to going ahead or coming before something in time, like a prelude.
- Forgo is involved with doing without or abstaining from something, much like choosing not to indulge.
- To remember, fore is like a prefix for before, indicating something prior or preceding.
- Forgo without the e can be remembered as forgoing or missing out on something, which often involves sacrifice.
- If something foregoes, it could be said to lead the way, while something forgoes may mean it lets go.
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