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| AmberStClare |
The adjective loose means "not tight." The verb lose means "not to win" or "not to keep."
Examples: Because your belt is loose, you will probably lose your pants.
To Get It Right: Remember the phrase, loose laces, and whenever you need to decide whether to write loose or lose, let the pronunciation of loose in the phrase guide you. (The eyelets in the shoes suggest the double o of loose.) 'Loose laces lose races' is a terrific mnemonic sentence - Edgar H. Schuster, Breaking the Rules: Liberating Writers Through Innovative Grammar Instruction, Heinemann, 2003
Edited Sun 27 Jun 10, 7:50 AM by AmberStClare
| 26 Jun 10, 8:05 PM FairyGirl UK(YO), 3 yrs   |
But but but! You spelt them both the same in the title! "Nothing saves anyone's life, Sir. It just postpones their death." - Posner , The History Boys. | |
| 27 Jun 10, 7:55 AM AmberStClare UK(BN), 5 yrs |
I did indeed - oh the shame.
I'm the one your mother warned you about Edited 27 Jun 10, 7:57 AM by AmberStClare | |
| 9 May 12, 5:51 PM I_think_you_mean UK, 23 mths |
Just bumping this as I've seen this be a problem twice today, on the same thread I think you mean... home of the helpful, perverted pedant. |
