I am trying to say,

> I always forget to turn on the lights

this is what I have translated

> でんきを点けるのいつも忘れた。

I used の because what I learned is that a verb needs to be with の to add to an
existing verb.

but now that I look at it, _to turn on_ would it have to be used with に since
it can be roughly translated to "to____"?

Also, is there a site where I can post my practice sentences and people can
check it out? I know here you cant. Google translate isn't very good at
translating the sentences so if its possible, I would like actual people
correcting me.

thank you in advance.
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particle-の nominalization
に or の in this sentence, also any recomendations on where to post practice sentences?
In your English sentence "to turn on the lights" is the object of the verb
"forget". In Japanese, in the same way, でんきを点けるの is the object of the verb
忘れる, so you need to use を to mark it as the object of the action:

> でんきを点けるの **を** いつも忘れる。

Also check [this
question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/11566/nominalization-
with-%E3%81%AE%E3%81%8C-%E3%81%AE%E3%82%92) for more details.
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