"loose" is like "on the loose" or "released".
"loosing" see above. I'm not writing this to be a jerk, I just find the common misuse a bit worrisome. Cheers all.
2007-03-22 17:53:40 · 14 answers · asked by orinjayce2000 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I don't know why no one can spell "lose". They might get the two confuse.
2007-03-22 17:56:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because back in 1978 I misused the word loose by losing my lost puppy whom I'd named loser. Lost in overwhelming loss, I'd placed signs all around. I lost a few of those when a loser named Bob loosed a torment of loose flyers because he couldn't handle a staple gun. This let loose a new dimension of problems as the condo facility lost it's tolerance for loose flyers flying around. Not only did I lose the dog, I lost the loose connection with management whom loosely lost the tolerance with people losing things. This included my losing poor little lost Lucy, which is what I called the dog.
2007-03-22 18:05:52 · answer #2 · answered by bubbasmith 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People on here really tend to show just how much the education system is failing it's students. There are so many spelling mistakes and Yahoo even underlines them in red!! There is no excuse. I'm not perfect and I'm sure I screw up but some of the posts are 25 year old people in developed countries that can't spell one syllable words.
The one that gets me is "alot". It is "a lot".... see the space in there? It's because a lot is two separate words.
2007-03-22 18:01:02 · answer #3 · answered by ivana c 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have trouble with lose and loose and also chose and choose and alot (oops sorry) a lot of other words -- the list is endless -- your and you're or their and there or then and than -- but I don't mind it much when others do it because I do it a lot too ...
2007-03-22 18:01:27 · answer #4 · answered by --------------- 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you lose an "O " from loose it becomes lose . What is loose is only just loose, but not lost, what is lost through the use of lose is also a nothing... the synbol of zero!
2007-03-22 18:06:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dido. Slang is becoming too common. I happen to like my regions lack of an accent and clearer pronunciation. I can spell, write and speak properly. What a shock? Oh yeah, and the "to", "two", "too"; not to mention their, they're, and there ... all of these things like this bug me!
2007-03-22 17:59:10 · answer #6 · answered by ~Les~ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a shoe is loose, you tighten up the laces.
If you lose a shoe, you have an incomplete pair.
2007-03-22 23:55:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are several pair of words having same sound
accept - except
access - excess
cite - site - sight
etc
2007-03-22 20:56:02 · answer #8 · answered by Manz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thank you sir!
I'm glad you said something.
Other misused words that bother me are their (posessive), there ("over there!") and they're ("they are"), as well as to (addressed to), too (too many) and two (2).
Oh! I can't forget "your" (posessive) and "you're" (you are).
Thanks for the fun at the grammar rodeo...
2007-03-22 17:58:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm with you, man. The one I really hate is people using "it's" as the possessive.
2007-03-22 17:58:09 · answer #10 · answered by Don M 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋