and why is it "how much have you lost?" and not "how much have you lose?"
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'lose' is a verb. 'lost' is past participle( I think). You have to connect the right, umm... I forgot the word.. but you have to connect it with the other right word.
How much >have< you lost?
How much >did< you lose?
Whatever word it is that describes those...
English is complicated.
because english is stupid. lol. do you know how many exceptions there are in the english language? tooooo many. it's just another stupid exception to the grammar rules of english.
i dont know the technical reasons but i DO know it sounds better lol.
because this is the tenses...
after do, did, does, all the verbs follow behind have to be in the basic form...
lose (present), lost (past), lost (p.p.)
like this example: "Do you love me?"
but in the second situation, it is also the tenses...
Has/ have + P.P
not has/ have + bare infinitive, this is wrong
so it should be like "Have you done your homework yet?"
'lose' is a verb and 'do' is a verb. 'did' is the past tense of 'do'.
in the second sentence 'have' is the verb and 'lost' is the past tense of 'lose'.
you only need one present tense verb and one past tense verb in the sentence.
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