loose vs lose

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callsitlikeiseeit
callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,627 Member
edited March 2015 in Health and Weight Loss
It does not mean the same thing, and makes you look illiterate. Please stop. My 9 year old knows the difference. My husband, whose first language is not even English, knows the difference.

Your shirt will become LOOSE the more weight you LOSE.

Loose:

adjective, looser, loosest.
1. free or released from fastening or attachment:
a loose end.
2. free from anything that binds or restrains; unfettered:
loose cats prowling around in alleyways at night.

Lose:

verb (used with object), lost, losing.
1. to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery:
I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
2. to fail inadvertently to retain (something) in such a way that it cannot be immediately recovered: I just lost a dime under this sofa.
3. to suffer the deprivation of: to lose one's job; to lose one's life.

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  • Mistizoom
    Mistizoom Posts: 578 Member
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    This should be a sticky.
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
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    Correcting grammar is against the *All hail* CG.... Also

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  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,627 Member
    edited March 2015
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    lolol better here than on every post- all 800 of them i see a day with it used incorrectly.

    wouldnt want to make any specific person feel bad LOLOLOLOL (would they though? probably not)
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,627 Member
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    MrM27 wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure we have seen this topic come up here once or twice before. I hope you're ready for what's coming.

    meh whatever.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,627 Member
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    :P
  • nannersp61
    nannersp61 Posts: 2,315 Member
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    Amen! Hallelujah! Preach it sistah!
  • munzenburg
    munzenburg Posts: 2 Member
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    It does make me crazy. I'm not a huge spelling freak, but it would be nice if people paid a little more attention to the words they right (ha ha).
  • Tubbs216
    Tubbs216 Posts: 6,597 Member
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  • Tubbs216
    Tubbs216 Posts: 6,597 Member
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    Good luck with that OP. I'll raise a mug in your honour. (And yes, 'honour' with a u is correct - Canadian!)
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
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    I am figuratively dying for a cuppa :heart_eyes:
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,627 Member
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    Tubbs216 wrote: »
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    story of my life........... LOLOL

    im a good grammar nazi though. i dont call out my friends (ummm usually LOLOL) and i won't do it on someones post. But i will make my own post about it. maybe someone will learn something.

    hope springs eternal. LOLOL
  • vismal
    vismal Posts: 2,463 Member
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    This is a loosing battle. I've fought it many times, and have loost every time. It makes me loose my mind every time it happens. Sometimes I want to go crazy like a lose cannon.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,627 Member
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    vismal wrote: »
    This is a loosing battle. I've fought it many times, and have loost every time. It makes me loose my mind every time it happens. Sometimes I want to go crazy like a lose cannon.

    craziness i tell you, craziness LOLOL
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,627 Member
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    oh and dont forget losed.

    which... isn't even a WORD?

    LOLOLOL
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    edited March 2015
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    My gym t-shirt

    Which I am wearing as I write

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    There's no hope for me ..but at least my PT is learning stuff

    Ironic bahahahahaa
  • ac8908ac
    ac8908ac Posts: 6 Member
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    I love this!
  • Lourdesong
    Lourdesong Posts: 1,492 Member
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    Loose - Is spelled like and sounds like goose.

    I don't think the people using the misspellings are confused about what "Loose" and "lose" mean, but rather are confused on which spelling goes with which sound.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
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    vismal wrote: »
    This is a loosing battle. I've fought it many times, and have loost every time. It makes me loose my mind every time it happens. Sometimes I want to go crazy like a lose cannon.

    I hate you
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