Loose v Lose

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SueMizZou
SueMizZou Posts: 146 Member
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This is the grammar police. The words "loose" and "lose" are not the same. The word LOOSE means "not tightly fixed in place." It is an adjective. The word LOSE means "ceased to have or retain." It is a verb.

If you are talking about how you have decreased your reading on the scale, use the word LOSE (or lost.)

If you are talking about how your clothes fit, use LOOSE.

Thank you for your attention.
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  • deb3129
    deb3129 Posts: 1,294 Member
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    This is the grammar police. The words "loose" and "lose" are not the same. The word LOOSE means "not tightly fixed in place." It is an adjective. The word LOSE means "ceased to have or retain." It is a verb.

    If you are talking about how you have decreased your reading on the scale, use the word LOSE (or lost.)

    If you are talking about how your clothes fit, use LOOSE.

    Thank you for your attention.

    Haha, this drives me nuts also!
  • Colleen118
    Colleen118 Posts: 491 Member
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    Oh SO glad I'm not the only OCD one here that grits my teeth every time I see the "loose" for "lose". I've never corrected anyone on it because that just isn't me, but it drives me insane.
  • CyberEd312
    CyberEd312 Posts: 3,536 Member
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  • dsmpunk
    dsmpunk Posts: 262 Member
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    Thank you! I always think of loose screws or something when people misspell lose. Then again maybe I am just a looser. :p

    While we are at it, its ridiculous. There is no "e" in ridiculous..ever.
  • deb3129
    deb3129 Posts: 1,294 Member
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    Thank you! I always think of loose screws or something when people misspell lose. Then again maybe I am just a looser. :p

    While we are at it, its ridiculous. There is no "e" in ridiculous..ever.

    Well, I am in Texas and it certainly sounds like there is an eeee in ridiculous!
  • Sharon909
    Sharon909 Posts: 46 Member
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    Agreed. Where is the "like" button?
  • PurpleTina
    PurpleTina Posts: 390 Member
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    LOL, 'rediculous' drives me nuts too, it's rediculoose :bigsmile:
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
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  • okiesarah
    okiesarah Posts: 28
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    My mom once told me that loose women lose weight the old fashioned way.
  • belladonna786
    belladonna786 Posts: 1,165 Member
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    Oh God!!! THANK YOU FOR SAYING SOMETHING!!!!! It has been driving me sooooooo crazy!
  • BABetter1
    BABetter1 Posts: 618 Member
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    Oh SO glad I'm not the only OCD one here that grits my teeth every time I see the "loose" for "lose". I've never corrected anyone on it because that just isn't me, but it drives me insane.

    Yes, this has been driving me insane on a daily basis!
  • okiesarah
    okiesarah Posts: 28
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    I love it.
  • bathsheba_c
    bathsheba_c Posts: 1,873 Member
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    Eh, it drives me a little up the wall, but some people have legitimate issues that make them unable to spell correctly, so I just assume that everyone who makes that typo has such a problem.
  • THuffman1967
    THuffman1967 Posts: 114 Member
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    Thank goodness I'm not the only one who is driven crazy by that!! :)
  • GamerGurl729
    GamerGurl729 Posts: 286 Member
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    This is the grammar police. The words "loose" and "lose" are not the same. The word LOOSE means "not tightly fixed in place." It is an adjective. The word LOSE means "ceased to have or retain." It is a verb.

    If you are talking about how you have decreased your reading on the scale, use the word LOSE (or lost.)

    If you are talking about how your clothes fit, use LOOSE.

    Thank you for your attention.

    This drives me nuts, but it's not as bad as your vs you're

    Your is a possessive pronoun meaning "belonging to you (singular or plural)"

    You're is a contraction combining the words you + are.
  • jamielovesjbs
    jamielovesjbs Posts: 154 Member
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    My mom once told me that loose women lose weight the old fashioned way.


    lmao!!!!
  • Lesley2901
    Lesley2901 Posts: 372 Member
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  • ChunkieNuts
    ChunkieNuts Posts: 135 Member
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    Also DAIRY and DIARY!!! ARHHHHHHHH :explode:
  • bugaha1
    bugaha1 Posts: 602 Member
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    This is the grammar police. The words "loose" and "lose" are not the same. The word LOOSE means "not tightly fixed in place." It is an adjective. The word LOSE means "ceased to have or retain." It is a verb.

    If you are talking about how you have decreased your reading on the scale, use the word LOSE (or lost.)

    If you are talking about how your clothes fit, use LOOSE.

    Thank you for your attention.

    Haha, this drives me nuts also!
    Seems to only drive femaleunits nuts. =)
  • ChitownFoodie
    ChitownFoodie Posts: 1,562 Member
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    This thread again?
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