Wow, does this ever bother me. I know it's an easy thing miss a double letter occassionally, but if you use the words often enough it becomes pretty obvious when it's a mistake and when you just think they're the same word.
So, unless you're talking about loosening the straps before tossing extra cargo out of a plane (or the like) you cannot loose weight. Your belt, however, may become loose if you lose a few extra pounds.
Lose - to come to be without. (Did you lose you mind? Are you a loser?)
Loose - free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end. (The moose, the moose, the moose is on the loose.)
They sound different too, y'all.
Lose (luze). You snooze, you lose.
Loose (lus). Loosey-Goosey.
Please get it straight or we'll have to crown you the 'loosest loser' of them all. You don't want that, now. Do you?
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Lose vs. Loose
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thank you, Wendybird. This one drives me crazy, as well.
And for the record, I like your blog-hijacking. More exciting than all of the normal praise and adoration that I typically get.
most of the weight people need to lose is just loose weight, yes?
I completely agree, this one gets me all the time! May your words of wisdom keep me from being a loser.
I have a good one for you. As seen on a native Utahan's Facebook status. "I am so tired, I think I could just kill over." Ha! Ha! Ha! The word is keel you fool. And there is a SALE on at Macy's not a SELL. I could go on and on.
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