one’s keys is very annoying.

“Losing” works as a gerund, a verb form ending in -ing that acts as a noun. It makes “Losing one’s keys” the subject of the sentence, which agrees with “is”: “Losing one’s keys is very annoying.” “To lose” would need to be phrased differently here, and “If one loses” leaves the sentence incomplete.

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