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Comment on Lose vs. Loose by Glenn Diamant

Glenn Diamant — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:04:25 +0000

Loose means not fastened, but lose means to fail to keep or win.
However, I can understand why people may confuse the two. I even came up with a gruesome example:to LOSE one’s heasd in a car accident. I mean it literally, to fail to keep one’s head, so it should be LOSE.
However, even I think that LOOSE might work here, to LOOSE one’s head in a car accident. That’s because the head does come LOOSE, or separate, from the rest of the body. It also works with less gruesome examples, such as to LOSE hair or teeth, which also come LOOSE when they drop out and separate from the body.

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Egypt — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:42:58 +0000

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Kayleen — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:31:19 +0000

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