Loose = Not Tight

[RedHedd]

And it's pronounced with the same Double-O as "Loose = Not Tight" ...

No they're not -

Loose = loose [ looss ]


Lose = lose [ looz ] (past and past participle lost [ lawst, lost ], present participle los·ing, 3rd person present singular los·es)

[Cinder & Smoke]

No they're not -

Loose = loose [ looss ]

Lose = lose [ looz ]
(past and past participle lost [ lawst, lost ],
present participle los·ing,
3rd person present singular los·es)

My fix:

The dog is lo??? ... Becomes "The dog is running at large."

My screws are lo??? ... Becomes "My screws are not tight."

I need to lo??? some weight ... Becomes "I need to shed some pounds."

More than one way around the block!

[Daisy and Delilah]

Phred, you're a major hoot and a very clever fella!!!

[RedHedd]

Loose = Hard S. Prounounced like "Luce"

Lose = Soft S or Z-like sound - Looz.

Sorry I started this, but it's one spelling error that just makes me cuckoo!

[Sonia59]

Sorry I started this, but it's one spelling error that just makes me cuckoo!

Don't apologise, it's interesting at least for some of us! I thought that LOSE was a mistake and I was 100% sure that I learned it as LOOSE (I mean the LOSE derived from Lost, not the LOOSE=not tight)! I am happy from what I learned today
I am sure I make many mistakes myself as English is a foreign language for me, but I like learning and improving

If you go to French forums the number of mistakes that are made is amazing I did not realize that so many people were writing so bad. In comparison the global level on PT is very good.

[CathyBogart]

Can I out a hinge in my skull so I can open it up and loose my mind from time to time? I don't think it gets enough exercise!

Once I was having a conversation about grammar and word usage iwh a co-worker, and a customer chimed in to tell us that his boss had once said "verticalization" because he was too embarassed to use the word "erection" in reference to the construction of a building. 0_0

[RedHedd]

Once I was having a conversation about grammar and word usage iwh a co-worker, and a customer chimed in to tell us that his boss had once said "verticalization" because he was too embarassed to use the word "erection" in reference to the construction of a building. 0_0

I think that's a new trend - turning nouns into verbs; i.e., having a conversation becomes "conversate" and the like drives me batty!

[DrKym]

Either way it is spelled here on the forum Nutrisystem and I have teamed up this new year to lose part of the cushioning I am currently resting upon...............