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Sft M Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

loss vs lose

This round is lost.

or

Round loss.

or

Round lost.

Which one is correct? The second one is found in an English book. But i am confused about the second sentence.
  

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Can you provide more context? Only the first is a fully formed sentence. The second two are fragments or abbreviated phrases.

  • Can you provide more context?
  • Only the first is a fully formed sentence.
  • The second two are fragments or abbreviated phrases.
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Can you provide more context? Only the first is a fully formed sentence. The second two are fragments or abbreviated phrases.
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I can't. Because it's a headline/title of an event. Suppose I have lost a game and a text just comes up on the computer screen says "Round Loss".
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sft MI can't.
Though you say "I can't", you do actually go on to provide exactly the context that is needed!
sft M Suppose I have lost a game and a text just comes up on the computer screen says "Round Loss".
It is an intelligible abbreviated way of saying something like "You have lost the round".
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Thank you. But could I use the phrase "Round lost" instead of "Round Loss"? Because "Loss" is a noun and "Lost" is an adjective here. And I assume an adjective would better modify the word "Round".
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sft MThank you. But could I use the phrase "Round lost" instead of "Round Loss"? Because "Loss" is a noun and "Lost" is an adjective here. And I assume an adjective would better modify the word "Round".
"Round lost" and "Round loss" both make sense. I kind of agree with your instinct that "lost" is preferable, though if I was writing this I might look for anot
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Would you please tell me which phrase/word you would chose to express the same thing?
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sft MWould you please tell me which phrase/word you would chose to express the same thing?
If I may **** in, I would choose "Round lost".

CJ
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sft MWould you please tell me which phrase/word you would chose to express the same thing?
"Round lost" strikes me as potentially rather terse, but without being fully immersed in the spirit of the game, I couldn't say what I might choose instead.

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