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Jack

Feb. 15, 2021

Could you please tell me the difference between “things get lost” and “things lost”? In my opinion, “things lost” is enough. Things/subject, lost/predicate verb. But in the sentence “things get lost” things/subject, get/linking verb? Lost/adjective use as predicative? But leave those sentence structures alone. Why do people say this way “things GET lost” instead of "things lost”? Hope you can give me a lesson. Thank you very much.@🇨🇳 Sue

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charles_spence

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Could you please tell me the difference between “things get lost” and “things lost”?

In my opinion, “things lost” is enough.

Things/subject, lost/predicate verb.

But in the sentence “things get lost” things/subject, get/linking verb?

Lost/adjective use as predicative?

But leave those sentence structures alone.

Why do people say this way “things GET lost” instead of "things lost”?

Hope you can give me a lesson.

Thank you very much.

@🇨🇳 Sue

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Without get it changes the meaning.

Get implies "can" and also acts to show what is the object.

"Things lost" is just a statement. Almost like a title to a page, Things Lost: Phone, Laptop, Wallet.

It is also not clear what the object is, by adding get/gets it is now clear who or what is getting lost and also implies a general feeling of "this has the ability to"

Things get lost = Things can get lost.
TVs get hot = TVs can get hot.

Hope this helps, its a small nuance but worth practicing and reading more.

Jack

Feb. 15, 2021

Thank you very much. I understood it a little further.

@🇨🇳 Sue