Yes but there is a similarity between
“I’m sorry you lost your child”
and
“I’m sorry you lost your car keys”.
Losing something implies a type of guilt. You should have been paying more attention to it so you wouldn’t misplace it. When you say to someone “You lost this”, you are implying they responsible for the loss. Not only that, saying something was lost implies that, with some effort, it can be found.
It really comes into play when a parent feels responsible for the death. There is a difference between “I’m sorry for your loss” which is fine and “I sorry YOU lost your child” or “They lost their child”.
And yes I was an English major
You wrote that losing some thing iplies a type of guilt.......
what if you have a loss of your house in a storm, where is the implied “type of guilt” in losing that?
loss of weight, sometimes without even really trying - should one feel a type of guilt?
******“I sorry YOU lost your child”*******
******And yes I was an English major*****
But you ain’t no more!!!!!