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TeacherJapan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

thoughts or thought?

I've across the expression "she's lost in thoughts." I've always thought "s" is unnecessary in this expression. Are both expressions actually possible?
  

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", is ungrammatical. "

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(The following is US usage.)

The sentence, "She's lost in thoughts.", is ungrammatical. It should be either: "She's lost in her thoughts." or "She's lost in thought."
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Thank you:-) So "one's" makes a difference. I guess the writer made a mistake or it's just a typo:-)
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teacherJapanshe's lost in thoughts
You're right. The idiom is "lost in thought". I've never heard it with the "s" though it's not unheard of.

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Thank you CJ as always:-) That's a relief:-)
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