# Loss or Lost

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/loss-or-lost/62514>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [February 5, 2009, 5:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/loss-or-lost/62514 "2009-02-05T05:54:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Vrooom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vrooom/32/7198_2.png) [@Vrooom](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vrooom)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 5:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/loss-or-lost/62514/1 "2009-02-05T05:54:44Z")

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Is it:

_I’m so sorry for your **loss.** _  
   
_or_

I’m so sorry for your **_lost._**

?

On another forum, I often see people saying lost, and it annoys the crap out of me because I would say loss. Am I the idiot here? Wouldn’t the second be directed toward the dead, while the first for the person who lost someone? Most of my real life conversation is with an 11 month old so my grammar sucks these days.

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**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/loss-or-lost/62514/2 "2009-02-05T05:57:57Z")

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LOSS … lost doesnt even make sense

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**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 5:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/loss-or-lost/62514/3 "2009-02-05T05:59:24Z")

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:mamoru: Oh the irony…

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**Author:** ![Blown\_Stroked](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blown_stroked/32/7324_2.png) [@Blown\_Stroked](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blown_Stroked)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 5:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/loss-or-lost/62514/4 "2009-02-05T05:59:44Z")

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lol

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**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 5:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/loss-or-lost/62514/5 "2009-02-05T05:59:56Z")

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Lost would imply the person, Im sorry for your \*dead person

[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:loss&sa=X&oi=glossary\_definition&ct=title](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:loss&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title)

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**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 6:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/loss-or-lost/62514/6 "2009-02-05T06:01:17Z")

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Or is is lossed?

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**Author:** ![Vrooom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vrooom/32/7198_2.png) [@Vrooom](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vrooom)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 6:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/loss-or-lost/62514/7 "2009-02-05T06:01:24Z")

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thought so.

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**Author:** ![Vrooom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vrooom/32/7198_2.png) [@Vrooom](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vrooom)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 6:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/loss-or-lost/62514/8 "2009-02-05T06:02:28Z")

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> [@Fry](#):
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> Or is is lossed?

losted.

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**Author:** ![IanK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/iank/32/5016_2.png) [@IanK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IanK)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 6:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/loss-or-lost/62514/9 "2009-02-05T06:07:55Z")

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Oh boy. Its Im sorry for your “Loss”

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**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 6:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/loss-or-lost/62514/10 "2009-02-05T06:10:12Z")

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I’m sorry for your lost. May God heal your painful and may your days ahead have bright.

See the difference between nouns and adjectives? 😉

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**Author:** ![Vrooom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vrooom/32/7198_2.png) [@Vrooom](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vrooom)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 6:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/loss-or-lost/62514/11 "2009-02-05T06:13:03Z")

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> [@Fry](#):
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> I’m sorry for your lost. May God heal your painful and may your days ahead have bright.
> 
> See the difference between nouns and adjectives? 😉

it hurts my brain.

these dropout moms on this other forum are telling me I’m wrong about _loss_.

sigh.

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**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 6:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/loss-or-lost/62514/12 "2009-02-05T06:16:15Z")

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:picard: I would strongly suggest the logout button there. This place is difficult enough and most of us are in or have completed college. :ohnoes:

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**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/loss-or-lost/62514/13 "2009-02-05T06:25:25Z")

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The majority of the people who are the ones procreating right now are the reason this generation can’t have nice things. Maybe if you pwn them enough, they’ll try to de-retard themselves a bit.

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**Author:** ![Vrooom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vrooom/32/7198_2.png) [@Vrooom](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vrooom)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 6:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/loss-or-lost/62514/14 "2009-02-05T06:26:18Z")

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Errrr I didn’t mean it’s a forum for dropouts. It’s a forum for moms, most of which (I assume by the massive amounts of stupidity) dropped out in favor of being baby making machines.

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**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 6:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/loss-or-lost/62514/15 "2009-02-05T06:29:06Z")

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Oh they dropped out of the human race. I guess a DNF is better than coming in last?

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**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 6:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/loss-or-lost/62514/16 "2009-02-05T06:30:04Z")

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Fucking idiot.

I really hope you are at least hot.

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**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 6:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/loss-or-lost/62514/17 "2009-02-05T06:34:15Z")

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Well in my opinion…

Lost would imply MULTIPLE losses…think of it as the plural of loss.

If my mom died, it’d be “I’m sorry for your loss”

if both my parents died, it’d be “sorry for your lost”

but I am on crack right now…so take that with a grain of salt.

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**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 6:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/loss-or-lost/62514/18 "2009-02-05T06:35:23Z")

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wouldnt losses imply multiple losses?

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**Author:** ![Haenszel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Haenszel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Haenszel)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/loss-or-lost/62514/19 "2009-02-05T06:40:53Z")

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I’m so sorry, for you’re lost.

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**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/loss-or-lost/62514/20 "2009-02-05T06:42:31Z")

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Today i seen someone say I’m so sorry, for you’re lost.

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