They keep writing it as loose. It's lose.
2007-02-14 12:26:49 · 10 answers · asked by Yea Yea 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
t may be as simple as the fact that the common word "choose", which rhymes with it, has two o's.
And when you think about it, the spelling 'lose" makes very little phonetic sense!
The u/"oo" -sound is typically spelled with "u(e)", "oo" ['choose'] , "ou" ['through'] or "ew" ['brew']. How often is it spelled with just ONE "o" ?
But oddly, in this case the double o is used to indicate a following /s/ sound, the single o a /z/ sound! How odd is that?!
In this case, I suspect a lot of people are just typing quickly and not thinking too much about it... and so they automatically apply the 'general rule' of "oo" for this sound, even if, stopping to think about it, they know the difference.
2007-02-15 12:58:17 · answer #1 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they are spelling it right and you are reading it wrong. Maybe they mean to say loose and not lose. You didn't give us an example so how do we know who is wrong?
2007-02-14 23:13:24 · answer #2 · answered by Cheryl C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's actually a very common mistake in the English language.
2007-02-14 20:30:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
because they lose the proper usage of the word everytime their brain has a loose wiring... haha, i'm not one of them... :D
2007-02-14 20:31:43 · answer #4 · answered by wat_more_can_i_say? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I find it especially amusing when people say that something is "lose" and that they keep "loosing" it. :P
2007-02-14 20:30:37 · answer #5 · answered by Liz 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
maybe they just all have a prooblem with the "o" buttoon oon their keybooard and it keeps getting stuck.
2007-02-14 20:36:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
cuz it happens sometimes, they press the oo too many times
commom mistake, its sounds that way
2007-02-14 20:35:53 · answer #7 · answered by - - MiSS SEYDi.. &♥; ™ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean like when they use 'then' rather than 'than' and vice versa?
2007-02-14 20:35:30 · answer #8 · answered by professorc 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and 'dose' 'sentance' 'definate' 'alot' ... I could go on.
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2007-02-15 01:18:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my guess is it has to do with the way they type.
2007-02-14 20:36:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋