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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Lost track

I've lost track of the number of times he's asked me to lend him mon.


By rights, 'the' should be inserted before 'track', shouldn't it?



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Hi, I've lost track of the number of times he's asked me to lend him mon ey. By rights, 'the' should be inserted before 'track', shouldn't it? ------------------------- No.

— Clive

  • Hi, I've lost track of the number of times he's asked me to lend him mon ey.
  • By rights, 'the' should be inserted before 'track', shouldn't it?
  • ------------------------- No.
  • Lose track of something is a fixed, idiomatic phrase that does not use 'the'.
  • Clive
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Hi,
I've lost track of the number of times he's asked me to lend him money.


By rights, 'the' should be inserted before 'track', shouldn't it?

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No.
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