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9 Dec 2019
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What is the difference between Iām losing heart. and Iām losing my heart. ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between Iām losing heart. and Iām losing my heart. ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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9 Dec 2019
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- English (US)
the second version sounds strange ... itās not usually said, and itās meaning would depend entirely on the context
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the second version sounds strange ... itās not usually said, and itās meaning would depend entirely on the context
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@transliminal I agree with you. Could I say āI have one trouble after another, so Iām losing heart.ā?
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You could but it doesnāt sound so natural... Whatās the context?
Iād probably say:
One bad thing keeps happening after another, so...
Bad things keep happening, so...
Problems keep coming up, one after another, so...
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@transliminal It has no context, just an example, but I do understand it depends on the context. Your explanations and some examples really helped!
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@keppi_keppinen i think the reason this sounds a bit odd is that trouble is usually uncountable
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@transliminal ah itās so interesting, because in Japanese peopleās way of thinking, we can count ātroublesā (for example, I woke up late this morning and missed the train, and then when I rushed to my office a dog bit me, besides, I found out I left my wallet at home... we can ācountā these several troubles.)
So I realized we should learn more deeply about English way of thinking when learning English.
So I realized we should learn more deeply about English way of thinking when learning English.
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@keppi_keppinen yeah itās especially tricky with countable/uncountable nouns ... thereās often a logic to it, but sometimes there isnāt (as in ātroubleā... āproblem,ā though, is countable)
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