C'mon people, at least learn the difference in those two...
"How can I lose ten pounds"?
"How can I loose ten pounds"?
Someone please explain which is correct and WHY?
Best explaination gets ten big ones!
2007-03-20 08:55:59 · 9 answers · asked by GeneL 7 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
@uniquewhat
sorry to disagree...when you're at Answers long enough you'll see the misuse of the word "loose" being used instead of "lose" way too many times...
this Question hopefully will educate those who haven't known the difference until now.
2007-03-20 09:06:37 · update #1
The first is correct. The verb "to lose" means, in this instance, to get rid of. (It often means to get rid of something accidentally, and without realizing it---"I lost my keys!")
"Loose" is an adjective meaning "not tight", or "free". As in "Her jeans were loose because she had been trying to lose weight". Or, "The prisoners got loose, and hoped to lose their captors by running through the woods."
2007-03-20 08:58:56 · answer #1 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
A loss is when you lose or degenerate (go in the red)
A cross is when you loose or loosen from sin (like using a crook (a needle with a crook end) to pull loose a knot)
So if you lose ten pounds that may be healthy, but if ten pounds let loose from your body, we'd cry. If ten sins let loose from your soul, Alleluia!
2007-03-20 16:07:46 · answer #2 · answered by QueryJ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Loose = untie, unbind
Lose = misplace, diminish
I often point out to people here that if they really want to "loose ten pounds," all they have to do is untie it, like with a diving belt.
If they want to diminish their weight by ten pounds, they really mean they want to LOSE this weight.
2007-03-20 16:05:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How can I LOSE ten pounds is the correct statement.
LOSE connotes loss
LOOSE refers to the strength of a bond, not bound together.
2007-03-20 16:07:02 · answer #4 · answered by tgoace 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lose is correct for the first one-
loose would be like "my shirt is to loose"
but i could not tell you why-
same as here, hear or there their--
2007-03-20 16:04:26 · answer #5 · answered by buzyb 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its lose, and the reasons why are easy explained by any dictionary. Go reward one of those by reading it, it will love you for the knowledge it shares.
Also, by the way, these aren't even usually confused words as they don't sound alike.
2007-03-20 16:02:56 · answer #6 · answered by uniquewhat 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I seriously think it would be a full time job correcting grammar on Y! Answers... *lmao!*
2007-03-20 16:04:54 · answer #7 · answered by hcwwur 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ummmm, "loose" refers to the tightness of something....lose is right
2007-03-20 15:59:46 · answer #8 · answered by music junkie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lose - when somthing is lost
loose - something that is not firmly fixed, slack
Therefore the first is correct
2007-03-20 16:02:38 · answer #9 · answered by Jack 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋