What have I lost right now

[Supachoke]

From "What have I lost right now?"
Is it alright to use present perfect or should use other tense?

Thank you

[pyoung]

From "What have I lost right now"
Is it alright to use present perfect or should use other tense?

Thank you

Dear Supachoke:

Could you add a bit more context? As it stands, 'What I have lost right now' does not sound natural to my ear.

Thanks,

Petra

[paulmoss]

To me, "what have I lost just now" or "what did I lose just now" sounds better, although I can't think of a real life context for them.

[tareq10]

To me, "what have I lost just now" or "what did I lose just now" sounds better, although I can't think of a real life context for them.

If you don't have the thing you've lost e.g: (A key), say: I've lost my key. means you don't have it right now. (at the moment of speaking)

But if at the same situation above, and don't have the key, you should say: I lost my key.

[susiedqq]

With the way the stock market is, MANY people are asking

What have I lost as of now?

or

What have I lost so far?

[RonBee]

"What have I lost right now?"

You could say:

What have I lost?

or

What did I lose?

Neither of them really makes sense, because how could you not know what you lost? Also, if you don't know what you lost how do you know you lost it?

[Clark]

You could say:

What have I lost?

or

What did I lose?

Neither of them really makes sense, because how could you not know what you lost? Also, if you don't know what you lost how do you know you lost it?

Perhaps the person is suffering from temporary amnesia. He feels he's lost something but can't remember what exactly. What confuses me is 'right now'. Can it be used for past reference? If we substitute 'just now' (which equals 'a moment ago'), there is no doubt past simple should be used: What did I lose just now?'

[rajeevasetty@yahoo.in]

Howspeak the english reqularly

[RonBee]

A: What did I lose?
B: I don't know. What are you missing?