Losing not loosing!
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There is a difference people! Losing is the correct way to say, for example: "I am losing weight."
Loosing is not a word!
/end venting
If you let loose the hounds....you would be loosing them.
Just saying it's a word...
No--You would be letting loose the hounds. You were kidding, right? Loosing is NOT a word.0 -
Thank you!! That **** drives me crazy.0
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No--You would be letting loose the hounds. You were kidding, right? Loosing is NOT a word.
Oh, but it is. Be patient you'll have to scroll down to find it: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loosing
2loose verb \ˈlüs\
loosed loos·ing
Definition of LOOSE
transitive verb
1 a : to let loose (see 1loose): release
b : to free from restraint
2 : to make loose : untie <loose a knot>
3 : to cast loose : detach
4 : to let fly : discharge
5 : to make less rigid, tight, or strict : relax intransitive verb
Just because a word is not commonly used (unless of course used in an incorrect way, such as the one described here), does not mean it's not a word.
Next, someone will try to say badinage and obsequious aren't words either.0 -
Technically, 'loosing' is an actual word. It just isn't used correctly. And given the opportunity to use it correctly, most people would choose to either use "releasing" or "loosening".
Nobody in their right mind would ever say, "I'm loosing the chickens!"
It just doesn't sound proper AT ALL.
I agree that it doesn't 'sound' proper, and that is why very few people would actually use it. But that doesn't negate the fact that it IS an actual word in the dictionary.
Do I have to return my cookie?
It does negate the fact.
My last two cents for the day. "If you don't use it, you loose it."
TROLOLOL. Loosing is not a word. 0 -
Nobody in their right mind would ever say, "I'm loosing the chickens!"
It just doesn't sound proper AT ALL.
Well, of course not! Letting all the chickens loose would just be crazy, whether announcing it before hand or not
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Marry me.0
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There is a difference people! Losing is the correct way to say, for example: "I am losing weight."
Loosing is not a word!
/end venting
If you let loose the hounds....you would be loosing them.
Just saying it's a word...
No--You would be letting loose the hounds. You were kidding, right? Loosing is NOT a word.
Oops--My mistake. According to SCRABBLE FINDER (the authority on words--right?)
Is loosing a scrabble word? Yes!
v. - Grant freedom to; free from confinement
v. - Turn loose or free from restraint
v. - Make loose or looser
v. - Become loose or looser or less tight
But ot is a word not in common usage and is usually replaced by other words0 -
You are all missing the important point here. Think of the environmental damage from all that fat being set loose in the world. I’m telling you, it’s the beginning of the end…0
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There is a difference people! Losing is the correct way to say, for example: "I am losing weight."
Loosing is not a word!
/end venting
If you let loose the hounds....you would be loosing them.
Just saying it's a word...
You would be losing the hounds... not loosing....0 -
Wow three pages on a word hahahahaha I love it0
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I am typing on a mobile device with very small finger spots to hit for letters. And i am soooo NOT lloooosssing enough! This is a site for support and encouragement. Not grammar lessons, right?
Chill....0 -
I am going to loose my weight upon the world....watch out0
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Thank you for fixing the internet!
^^This^^0 -
Losing/loosing drives me nuts! The other one is breath and breathe. Breathe is the verb, breath is the noun. I am glad someone mentioned the their, they're and there. Sorry can't help it when you have been a teacher for 32 years!
Lie/lay get me. Do I lie down for a nap? or Do I lay down for a nap? Maybe it's I lie down for a lay?0 -
I find this thread incredibly entertaining , almost arousing.0
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Thanks for the awesome post. Those on here *****ing about it, most likely just love to *****. I mean how can you get offended by someone who is trying to teach the correct spelling of a word.
Even if only a few people read this and realized their spelling was incorrect, then I think you've accomplished something.0 -
I just figured, for whatever reason, there were a lot of people wanting their fat just flopping around. I have no idea why, but that's how it seems.0
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Now that it's all out in the open I'm sure it'll never happen again. Let loose your OCD and be free.0
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We're all adults here, we should know how to spell. The occasional wrong their or there slips in now and then, but really, we all went to grammar school. It will never be fixed, and I fear much of the younger generation (definitely not all) will bring grammar and spelling to an all time low.0
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I could of told you that.
(Thats my pet peeve, right there).0 -
There is a difference people! Losing is the correct way to say, for example: "I am losing weight."
Loosing is not a word!
/end venting
If you let loose the hounds....you would be loosing them.
Just saying it's a word...
No, you wouldn't be loosing them... You would be RELEASING them.
On this note.
WHO LET THE DOGS OUT?!!
i literally LOL'd0 -
Maybe someone needs to pass around meds for all of the OCD people who are obviously losing sleep over this issue.
By the way.. are you grading these posts?0 -
I loosed wait using MFP. So their!0
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We're all adults here, we should know how to spell. The occasional wrong their or there slips in now and then, but really, we all went to grammar school. It will never be fixed, and I fear much of the younger generation (definitely not all) will bring grammar and spelling to an all time low.
Wow I just got this real bitter/ sour taste in my mouth...You taste that? :indifferent:0 -
Grading these posts is a great idea. You all get F's.
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I loosed wait using MFP. So their!
Hahaha keep up that great work!0 -
I don't understand when people get offended when you correct them. All of a sudden YOU'RE the a-hole with OCD just because THEY can't be bothered to spell a simple word correctly!0
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I don't understand when people get offended when you correct them. All of a sudden YOU'RE the a-hole with OCD just because THEY can't be bothered to spell a simple word correctly!
This.0 -
English aint my first, not even 2nd or 3rd language tbh.We're all adults here, we should know how to spell. The occasional wrong their or there slips in now and then, but really, we all went to grammar school. It will never be fixed, and I fear much of the younger generation (definitely not all) will bring grammar and spelling to an all time low.
I can spell like a pro in my own language, but despite actualy working as translator I do typo stuff .Especialy when I type on fitness forum, where I usualy just frick about rather than write disertation on english literature.
So many stuff gets my panties inna twist that I simply cannot spare any on spelling errors on MFP forums. I can spare some on people geting on high horse due to spelling tho ;D0 -
However... "I don't understand when people get offended when you correct them." should be, "I don't understand WHY people get offended when you correct them."))))) 0
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