Lose, pronounced /luz/ is a verb.
Lose has three possible meanings:
- to "misplace" something,
- to "fail to win," or
- to "be deprived of" something.
The past tense of lose islost.
Example of lose meaning to "misplace" something
I lose my hankies often enough
Example of lose meaning to "fail to win"
If you don't hurry, you will lose the race.
Example of lose meaning to "be deprived of"
Selfish people lose their friends.
Loose, pronounced like goose, is an adjective.
Loose has two possible meanings:
- "not fastened," or
- "not tight fitting."
Example of loose meaning "not fastened"
The cattle is let loose in the meadows.
Example of loose meaning "not tight fitting"
My shoes are pretty loose.
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There have times that I will put down in words exactly the opposite of what I mean, this is rare, but does happen on occasion.
As I mentioned above I will entertain you and you will correct me. 'Tis our destiny.
But then sometimes I just choose the wrong word. I'm also lazy. The understanding of the arrangement of the words is all that in important to me, but you are a teacher. Teachers are different.
I will entertain you. You will correct me.
I even write poetry in dyslectic form at times and don't even know it till a few days later.
I will entertain you. You will correct me. 'Tis our destiny.
Yes Richard, when one reads one gets the gist despite spelling mistakes.
But as Sandra says, I too hate to read articles where is a lot of grammar and spelling mistakes. It puts me off. I quit reading it.
Firoze...did you say something?
Thank you for writing this. I wish that your article had received more exposure though, as I have often wanted to write an article pointing out this valuable lesson.
Of all spelling mistakes I have seen on Gather, it is this one which seems to bother me the most.
Keep up the lessons! ...have you thought about writing an 'index' article that contains links to all of your helpful tutorials?