The phrase "able to forget a" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it when discussing someone's capacity or ability to forget something, typically in a context related to emotions or memories.
Example: "She was finally able to forget a painful chapter of her life and move on."
Alternatives: "capable of forgetting a" or "able to let go of a".
There are inconsistencies in blood donor eligibility policies, as noted in "Never Able to Forget a Chronic Disease" (Cases, May 10).
The spotlights and the shoulderpads, the bushy moustaches and the floppy mullets, the vests, the soft-focus, the dry ice … no one who lived through the 1980s will be able to forget a Hall & Oates video.
Anyway, I raise all this because ever since I saw it I haven't been able to forget an astrology-related Tumblr post I once saw.
New York Botanical Garden Caribbean Gardenen' (through Feb. 26) When you step into the warmth of the Conservatory, you just might be able to forget that a train or a car, and not a DC-10, whisked you to a garden of Caribbean blooms.
Gardens New York Botanical Garden Caribbean Gardenen' (through Feb. 26) When you step into the warmth of the Conservatory, you just might be able to forget that a train or a car, and not a DC-10, whisked you to a garden of Caribbean blooms.
Notwithstanding the actions of one lone idiot with more money than sense, this is not a football match Pulis will be able to forget in a hurry.
These shows allow the troops a chance to spend 60 minutes laughing -- able to forget for a short time what's happening outside "the wire".
There are very few actors (Gary Oldman?) that I'm able to "forget" in a role because they are so good at transforming into someone else.
So while VR headsets like Facebook's Oculus Rift take aim at the gaming market, dangling the prospect of immersive entertainment (assuming you're able to forget what a dork you look like IRL), makers of augmented reality specs are going after more specific and specialized niche use-cases.
44 He goes on to suggest cases in which a good memory can be a hindrance, since '… not being able to forget can be a curse', and that '… sometimes an overloaded storage hinders us from dealing productively with new data to be taken in'.
