Grammar Grump
LOSE (vb) to be unable to find or have at hand; to fail to keep control of
LOOSE (adj) not rigidly fastened or securely attached; not tightfitting
See the difference? Contrary to what I see almost daily in emails and in print media, these two words are *not* interchangeable. You did not "loose" the football game, no matter what the newpaper said.
LOOSE (adj) not rigidly fastened or securely attached; not tightfitting
See the difference? Contrary to what I see almost daily in emails and in print media, these two words are *not* interchangeable. You did not "loose" the football game, no matter what the newpaper said.
posted by Kim at
9:03 AM
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one of these days i'm going to give up this glamorous life as an IT professional, and take up the cowl as a copyeditor, for the betterment of mankind.
(and, y'know, my own personal glory and to get paid to be bitter about grammar.)
signed,
--she who is too lazy to use capital letters.
My Enlish major daughter gets on her stump again.
From another English major: "alot" is not a word. It's 'a lot'. And sloppiness does not 'make it so'. Grrrrr. And, "its" = belonging to him while "it's" = it is. So there, world!
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