Loose vs. Lose (verbs)

nosajjao
nosajjao Posts: 428 Member
edited November 30 in Chit-Chat
Verb Definitions-

Loose: To free from a state of confinement, restraint or obligation.

Lose: To cause the loss of.

When referring to weight loss, using the word "lose" is the correct choice.

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  • NYRhockey00
    NYRhockey00 Posts: 1,196 Member
    Amazing....read my mind.
  • selina884
    selina884 Posts: 826 Member
    lol - I noticed it too.

    The subject in mind is an avatar with 2 young men in it.
  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,368 Member
    Phew. I was worried there wouldn't be a post about this this week. Thanks
  • yusaku02
    yusaku02 Posts: 3,472 Member
    synchkat wrote: »
    Phew. I was worried there wouldn't be a post about this this week. Thanks
    I'm worried that we're still going to need it next week. :(
  • Debmal77
    Debmal77 Posts: 4,770 Member
    Amazing how people get these words wrong. I always say "loose is what I want my pants to be"! ;)
  • chunky_pinup
    chunky_pinup Posts: 758 Member
    SEARCH:
    verb (used without object)
    to inquire, investigate, examine, or seek; conduct an examination or investigation.

    As in: you can use the SEARCH feature in the forums to see that this has already been beaten to death about a thousand times. You are not smarter, nor original, for your post.
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    I'm with ya, but this is futile.

    I suppose you can say it's a...

    ..."loosing battle."


    YEEAAAAHHH!! B)
  • katkins3
    katkins3 Posts: 1,359 Member
    The compulsion to correct a stranger's spelling or grammar is just sad. Move on....
  • MsAmandaNJ
    MsAmandaNJ Posts: 1,248 Member
    nosajjao wrote: »
    Verb Definitions-

    Loose: To free from a state of confinement, restraint or obligation.

    Lose: To cause the loss of.

    When referring to weight loss, using the word "lose" is the correct choice.

    I get your frustration, but you are wrong. "Loose" by itself is not a verb, it is an adjective. Loosen is a verb.
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
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  • MsAmandaNJ
    MsAmandaNJ Posts: 1,248 Member
    Doctor Nick, he's so smrt.
  • saraAmcd
    saraAmcd Posts: 81 Member
    I used to try to give benefit of the doubt that people just mean that they have loosed the weight the way they might loose the hounds. "I set those pounds loose." "I loosed the weight into the ether." Or something.

    It doesn't make much sense to say we've lost weight either. It isn't missing. I know where it went. I don't want to find it again.
  • codsterlaing95
    codsterlaing95 Posts: 221 Member
    "You're" and "your"

    "They're" and "there" and "their"
  • saraAmcd
    saraAmcd Posts: 81 Member
    oh and loose is an adjective too, right? My pants are loose. He has some loose morals.
  • TheLegendaryBrandonHarris
    TheLegendaryBrandonHarris Posts: 502 Member
    What a bunch of loosers.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
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