Master confusing words with ease
Loss vs. Lost
Loss
/lɒs/Examples:
Don't let losses eat into your compounding.Or, if he did it meant the loss of Hortense.I'm afraid literature's loss will be Henry Bellamy's gain."
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Lost
/lɒst/Examples:
"If I appear frightened, I am lost," thought he.The inspector remained lost in thought for a minute or two.There were no lost days, no endless bouts of drinking.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Loss ends in ss, just like miss, and you might miss something when theres a loss'.
- Lost ends with t, similar to past; it is a state related to something in the past.
- Remember that loss is a noun, like boss, both ending in ss.
- Lost is often used as a past tense verb, indicating an action has already occurred.
- The word loss is about lacking something, while lost is about no longer having it or the state of being lost.
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