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Kenny1999 Posted 5 years ago
Grammar
Has lost or has been lost?
talking about something is missing. Does "lose" usually act as active or passive? I find it hard to decide. For example, which one is correct?
All my pictures on my mobile phone has been lost!
All my pictures on my mobile phone has lost!
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The pictures have been lost (passive). You have lost them (active). You can't say that the pictures have lost, but you can say that they have gone, disappeared, vanished, etc.
- The pictures have been lost (passive).
- You have lost them (active).
- You can't say that the pictures have lost, but you can say that they have gone, disappeared, vanished, etc.
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The pictures have been lost (passive). You have lost them (active). You can't say that the pictures have lost, but you can say that they have gone, disappeared, vanished, etc.
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