Mr. You've lost your worth in my eyes. No.
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Mr. TomIs this a natural sentence?You've lost your worth in my eyes.No.
AlpheccaStars"Lost your worth" means that your value is zero. Usually is is financial, or the person's ability to contribute to a project.So why couldn't the original sentence mean, for example, "In my eyes you no longer have any value to the project"? I am having difficulty seeing why the sentence should be incorrect.
GPYI am having difficulty seeing why the sentence should be incorrect.It's not incorrect. It just did not seem very natural to me.
Mr. Tom@GPYMay I ask how you find this sentence? Natural? Only bordering on the natural?TomIt seems completely correct to me, though it's not a sentence that would occur often, especially not in everyday conversation. I suppose if the question is "does this sentence very naturally and frequently trip off the tongues of native speakers?", the answer would have
AlpheccaStarsIt's not incorrect. It just did not seem very natural to me.Sorry, I lost track of exactly what the question was, so may have misinterpreted your answer.