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correct usage of "to get lost" #1 (permalink) Wed Mar 17, 2010 19:01 pm   correct usage of "to get lost"
 

I've always messed up to use this expression in the corrent tense: to get lost

For Instance:

What tense should I use when some one gets lost in the certain moment:

- She's getting lost / present continous

or She's got lost / Present perfect

Please help me I'm always confused with this phrase. Thanks
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correct usage of "to get lost" #2 (permalink) Wed Mar 17, 2010 19:13 pm   correct usage of "to get lost"
 

Firstly, note that to get lost and to be lost can be interchangeable in certain situations. Secondly, about your question, she's getting lost implies that the speaker just has something in his mind that she might have got lost whereas she's lost implies that the speaker knows certainly that she's lost.
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correct usage of "to get lost" #3 (permalink) Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:24 am   correct usage of "to get lost"
 

That's ok, but how can i say when someone gets lost phsycally?
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correct usage of "to get lost" #4 (permalink) Thu Mar 18, 2010 13:31 pm   correct usage of "to get lost"
 

I think just use the correct tense of the verb because this is an ordinary sentence.
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