loose is the opposite of tight lose is the opposite of find
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Thank you Mr. Webster, hee hee hee. I'm with you on that, and a million other poor usage examples in several languages! Bonne journee. P.S. If you can tell me where all the adverbs of the English language went, I will pay you big money.
Where did you find an incorrect usage of loose (or lose)? Is that related to the email message describing a "genital nudge" that was supposed to be a "gentle nudge"? Grandpa sent me a quote by a college basketball player named Charles Shakleford saying that he could use either his right hand or his left hand because he was amphibious.
I've seen loose written in place of lose so often lately it has frightened me into writing this post. Typos are a nuisance to writers and readers, but this, I feel, has gone beyond random error. Hopefully this announcement will help someone, somewhere. Or, perhaps they will one day have occasion to use the word loose, and get confused, prompting them to research the proper spelling and usage of both terms. Only time will tell.
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Thank you Mr. Webster, hee hee hee. I'm with you on that, and a million other poor usage examples in several languages! Bonne journee. P.S. If you can tell me where all the adverbs of the English language went, I will pay you big money.
Where did you find an incorrect usage of loose (or lose)? Is that related to the email message describing a "genital nudge" that was supposed to be a "gentle nudge"? Grandpa sent me a quote by a college basketball player named Charles Shakleford saying that he could use either his right hand or his left hand because he was amphibious.
Was he amphibiously using his hands for a genital nudge? THAT is the question..........haaaaaaaaaaa
I've seen loose written in place of lose so often lately it has frightened me into writing this post.
Typos are a nuisance to writers and readers, but this, I feel, has gone beyond random error.
Hopefully this announcement will help someone, somewhere. Or, perhaps they will one day have occasion to use the word loose, and get confused, prompting them to research the proper spelling and usage of both terms. Only time will tell.
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