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09-Jul-2007, 04:37
| | |  I lost contact or i lose contact
Which is grammatically correct? I lost contact with her or i lose contact with her? Thanks... |
09-Jul-2007, 04:40
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Originally Posted by Jeanie  Which is grammatically correct? I lost contact with her or i lose contact with her? Thanks... | Try to say like this: I have lost contact with him.  |
09-Jul-2007, 09:23
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| | Re: I lost contact or i lose contact
It will depend on your context.
I lose contact with her when I go shopping.
I lost contact with her because she left the country.
It is so sad. I have lost contact with her.
I had lost contact with her a long time ago. |
09-Jul-2007, 09:35
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Originally Posted by Anglika It will depend on your context.
I lose contact with her when I go shopping.
I lost contact with her because she left the country.
It is so sad. I have lost contact with her.
I had lost contact with her a long time ago. | I can't agree with your last sentence. Maybe, it'll be better to say like this:
I had lost contact with her before she left the country. |
09-Jul-2007, 18:29
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| | Re: I lost contact or i lose contact
What don't you like, Harry?
"When was your last contact with Josie?"
"Oh, I had lost contact with her a long time ago. She was always a bit remote." |
09-Jul-2007, 18:50
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Originally Posted by Anglika What don't you like, Harry?
"When was your last contact with Josie?"
"Oh, I had lost contact with her a long time ago. She was always a bit remote." |
"When was your last contact with Josie?"
'Oh, I lost contact with her a long time ago. ......
Or "Oh I had lost contact with her before long. |
09-Jul-2007, 19:21
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I still do not see your problem with "Had lost something a long time ago". |
10-Jul-2007, 01:37
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| | Re: I lost contact or i lose contact
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Originally Posted by Harry
"Oh I had lost contact with her before long. | What's wrong with you Harry? Your sentence is completely wrong, it means: "Oh I had lost contact with her soon." That doesn't make any sense. (before long = soon). Soon never comes with the past or past perfect. If you want to learn, be a flexible learner. "We learn from the cradle to the grave". By the way, Anglika's sentences are correct. |
10-Jul-2007, 01:56
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| | Re: I lost contact or i lose contact
Aamrym, may I suggest that there are more gentle ways to point out your disagreement than with the words you have chosen?
While I disagree with Harry that there is anything wrong with Angika's sentence, I do support that "I had lost contact with her before long" as a correct sentence as well. It means "Before much time has passed, I had lost contact with her."
To use soon, you'd use it like this: I had soon lost contact with her. It would need to fit into a running narrative.
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