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Prple Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

get lost

Let us pretend, some children are playing with lego and I am telling them: "I do not want any piece to get lost".

Or I am calling the school office, for I have forgotten to take the children's clothes back home with me, so I am
telling the office person: "Can you have a look for me in the cloakroam please, I do not want anything to get lost".

Is it natural to say it like this?
  

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"I do not want any piece to get lost". This is OK. We say "get lost" is such situations.

— Enoon

  • "I do not want any piece to get lost".
  • This is OK.
  • We say "get lost" is such situations.
  • Your use of "any" is a bit peculiar-sounding, I think.
  • My mother would have said "I do not want a single piece to get lost".
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"I do not want any piece to get lost". This is OK. We say "get lost" is such situations. Your use of "any" is a bit peculiar-sounding, I think. My mother would have said "I do not want a single piece to get lost".

"Can you have a look for me in the cloakroom please? I do not want anything to get lost." That's OK, too, but I suspect that you mean "get stolen" by "get lost". T
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