Loose Vs Lose

It's lose, isn't it? Please tell me if I'm wrong

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LOOSE
1. Not fastened, restrained, or contained: loose bricks.
2. Not taut, fixed, or rigid: a loose anchor line; a loose chair leg.
3. Free from confinement or imprisonment; unfettered: criminals loose in the neighborhood; dogs that are loose on the streets.
4. Not tight-fitting or tightly fitted: loose shoes.
5. Not bound, bundled, stapled, or gathered together: loose papers.
6. Not compact or dense in arrangement or structure: loose gravel.
7. Lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; idle: loose talk.
8. Not formal; relaxed: a loose atmosphere at the club.
9. Lacking conventional moral restraint in sexual behavior.
10. Not literal or exact: a loose translation.
11. Characterized by a free movement of fluids in the body: a loose cough; loose bowels.

LOSE
1. To be unsuccessful in retaining possession of; mislay: He's always losing his car keys.
2. To be deprived of (something one has had): lost her art collection in the fire; lost her job.
3. To be left alone or desolate because of the death of: lost his wife.
4. To be unable to keep alive: a doctor who has lost very few patients.
5. To be unable to keep control or allegiance of: lost his temper at the meeting; is losing supporters by changing his mind.
6. To fail to win; fail in: lost the game; lost the court case.


Now, do you 'lose' or 'loose' when the AI kicks your butt in GalCiv2?


I swear, the number of times I see 'loose' instead of 'lose' makes me think that it must be considered appropriate spelling over in America . . . I just don't see how so many people can use it
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Dude, don't even bother trying to apply grammar or spelling to forums (fora, if you want). Folks just type without bothering to read what they're writing.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Dude, you are such a looser.



That was a joke by the way.


Not a funny one, but I try.

-Dewar
Galactic Civilizations IV
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
How about its and it's while you're (and your) at it? It's the apostrophe abuse that gets (get's) me. People just think they need to be thrown in wherever there's an s at the end..
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
ummm like ya no well like i can like see like ya no where you are comin from like, but like ya no its only the forums ya no, so ummm like dont loose you're mind or like ya no anything, ok?
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Yo, Watz wit @LL teh Grammer corections? Sum of us neva got no, none, of that their edcation.....

Seriously though, it's a forum.

Characterized by a free movement of fluids in the body: a loose cough; loose bowels


Lol so that's what i get laughed at when i tell people i got Lose Bowels.
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
lol.... I was just wondering if it had actually been accepted as proper English yet, I see it so bloody often
Reply #9 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
ummm like ya no well like i can like see like ya no where you are comin from like, but like ya no its only the forums ya no, so ummm like dont loose you're mind or like ya no anything, ok?


is that even english ?
Reply #11 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Their is nothing that bugs me than that loose loser thing. I can only assume that there education was neglected and their just going to continue making the error until they're posting priviliges are revoked .
Reply #12 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
the thing is its being spelt wrong deliberately - to add more emphasis to the o's

its a phenetics thing:

I could call you a loser for being such an anally retentive spelling policeman

or I could call you a looser - note the greater oo emphasis meaning you are a greater than average loser
Reply #13 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Yeah, don't even get into this realm... I've been there, and I've been hated for it often.

Just ask anyone on countless forums that have said "your stupid" to me, and I've replied "My stupid what? I don't own a stupid." Or "there just being silly" would result in my "what's being silly where?"

If they're finished trying to figure it out yet, they'll tell you how English is not important to spell or write properly, as it has no bearing on how people perceive you or indicate your true intellect level. (cough)
Reply #14 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Franco, after reading your post twice I'm sure your surreptitiously misusing the words their, there and they're deliberately. Funny stuff .
Reply #15 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
W00t!!!11!!oneone! i r ur wurst gamatticle nitemare. i b l33t

Oh man, I can't even continue. Just to let you know, you have my sympathy. "Shorthand" letters like u and r are like nails on a chalkboard to me. If you can find a way to educate everybody in correct grammar before they touch a computer, I'll support you completely.
Reply #16 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
What really bugs me is the chronic inability of forumers to pluralize.

dogs: plural.
dog's: possessive.

Apostrophes are for advanced students only...
Reply #17 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Let's talk about affect/effect in tomorrow's english lesson. I've even had an English proffesor who couldn't get that one right.
Reply #18 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Someone really needs to put together a crash course in the English language. The world needs a half-hour solution to a dozen years of public schooling. Ideally, this course would cover: general rules regarding apostrophes, punctuation, commas, how to spell "rogue" (it's not makup), capitalization, to/too/two, your/you're, they're/there, its/it's, caps lock, common logical fallacies and the use of "lol" in place of all forms of punctuation. At the end it would say, "This actually is important. Failure to abide by these rules makes you look like an idiot."
Reply #19 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Don't forget the importance of paragraphs. I don't mind spelling errors, but a huge post with no paragraphs is very annoying.
Reply #20 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Someone really needs to put together a crash course in the English language. The world needs a half-hour solution to a dozen years of public schooling. Ideally, this course would cover: general rules regarding apostrophes, punctuation, commas, how to spell "rogue" (it's not makup), capitalization, to/too/two, your/you're, they're/there, its/it's, caps lock, common logical fallacies and the use of "lol" in place of all forms of punctuation. At the end it would say, "This actually is important. Failure to abide by these rules makes you look like an idiot."


Wow, you speak English very good. LOL!
Reply #21 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
One thing I've noticed is that people with a basic grounding in English, speak it rather better than someone to whom it's their first language. On so many games I read people saying "I apologise for my English, I'm from spain/france/germany/italy" etcetera. Then you see the people saying things like "Yo dood, whats appenign man? gr8 2 c u!" and you ask "What country are you from?" "englnd guy!"

And of course, as has been mentioned, caps lock. WE DO NOT SPEAK LIKE THIS!!!!!!11!!!ONE!!!!
Reply #22 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
ohh com 0n u relly p@y a773N7I0n 700 this???



Monc34
Reply #23 from Stardock Forums Top
Franco, after reading your post twice I'm sure your surreptitiously misusing the words their, there and they're deliberately. Funny stuff .


Yep, That is an example of my own pet peeve along with to and too confusion, could care less and various other malaprops.
Reply #24 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Oh man, this is a problem which gets worse by the year. I used to teach at an undergraduate degree level, and the number of students I would get who could not construct a basic sentence was frankly terrifying. It made me feel incredibly petty, but I would always start a seminar by correcting some of the more common grammatical mistakes. The most common error I saw (apart from apostrophe abuse obviously) was the use of 'of' instead of 'have', as in:

I could of let it go, but it's the start of a slippery slope in to text-speak.
Reply #25 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Ahh!

I found this explanation on some other forum a few years ago. Until that time, merely a subconscious thought that there was something up with those words, existed in my mind. But it never surfaced completely. But I know the difference now, and hope someone else can see this and learn. As I once did.

( English is not my first language. )

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