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RingGround Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Loss Soldiers Lost
Could these be the same (assuming loss & lost refer to deaths)?
"the loss of a hundred soldiers"
"a hundred soldier lost"
"the loss of a hundred soldiers"
"a hundred soldier lost"
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They could be, but you haven't given us enough context to provide an accurate answer. In any event, "soldiers" should be plural in both phrases.
- They could be, but you haven't given us enough context to provide an accurate answer.
- In any event, "soldiers" should be plural in both phrases.
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They could be, but you haven't given us enough context to provide an accurate answer.
In any event, "soldiers" should be plural in both phrases.
In any event, "soldiers" should be plural in both phrases.
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Thank you, JohnParis!
More context:
"The loss of a hundred soldiers might be hard to make up for."
"A hundred soldiers lost might be hard to make up for."
Could the second sentence be unacceptable?
More context:
"The loss of a hundred soldiers might be hard to make up for."
"A hundred soldiers lost might be hard to make up for."
Could the second sentence be unacceptable?
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I see no need for "for."
The first sentence seems more natural and casual to me. The second sentence is acceptable, but it seems more formal.
Otherwise, they mean the same thing (as long as death = loss).
The first sentence seems more natural and casual to me. The second sentence is acceptable, but it seems more formal.
Otherwise, they mean the same thing (as long as death = loss).
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I continue have this feeling that:
"the loss of SOMETHING"
is very different from:
"the SOMETHING lost"
"the loss of SOMETHING"
is very different from:
"the SOMETHING lost"
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