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Youngbuts Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
seem to lose vs have lost
Hello, everyone!
I am still struggling with the tense. Could you take a look at the dialogue below?
A: How is Cathy doing these days?
B: She seems (to lose, to have lost) a lot of weight.
Though I don't have a good reason, 'to have lost' seems to be better. But I have a doubt whether 'to lose' here sounds totally weired to native speakers? This questions probably seems to come from the difference between my first language and English. Is the use of 'lose' here totally wrong or coud it be acceptable?
Many thanks in advance!
I am still struggling with the tense. Could you take a look at the dialogue below?
A: How is Cathy doing these days?
B: She seems (to lose, to have lost) a lot of weight.
Though I don't have a good reason, 'to have lost' seems to be better. But I have a doubt whether 'to lose' here sounds totally weired to native speakers? This questions probably seems to come from the difference between my first language and English. Is the use of 'lose' here totally wrong or coud it be acceptable?
Many thanks in advance!
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A: How is Cathy doing these days? B: She seems to have lost a lot of weight. A remarks that Cathy looks slimmer, because she weighs less now than before.
- A: How is Cathy doing these days?
- B: She seems to have lost a lot of weight.
- A remarks that Cathy looks slimmer, because she weighs less now than before.
- She has lost weight in the past weeks, months or years.
- B: She seems to lose a lot of weight.
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A: How is Cathy doing these days?
B: She seems to have lost a lot of weight.
A remarks that Cathy looks slimmer, because she weighs less now than before. She has lost weight in the past weeks, months or years.
B: She seems to lose a lot of weight. - This is not correct because B does not actually see Cathy getting slimmer.
B: She seems to be losing a lot of weight.
B: She seems to have lost a lot of weight.
A remarks that Cathy looks slimmer, because she weighs less now than before. She has lost weight in the past weeks, months or years.
B: She seems to lose a lot of weight. - This is not correct because B does not actually see Cathy getting slimmer.
B: She seems to be losing a lot of weight.
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