Loose vs Lose...A quick survey reveals that SOME, just SOME of us getting the 2 words wrong. I am genuinely helping today. Ready? The words loose and lose are mixed up in writing; for some reason, many people write loose when they really mean lose. Now Loose - memba the c is pronounced like the c in Lucy (soft c). Loose is an adjective, the opposite of tight or contained. My shoes lace are loose ; Likkle Tracy has a loose tooth ; There’s a dog running loose in the street: Some _______ tings loose. (Lucy loose) Get it? Now Lose is pronounced wid a hard ‘s’ that sounds like z… and it must pronounce as looze. Get it? Good. Lose is a verb that means to suffer the loss of, to miss. For example, I win! You lose (looze)! Don’t lose the keys ‘cause me waiting for you tonight. A just lose me lover but me find a better. Me never lose a bet. Keep the zed sound for the s – looze.
Posted on: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:26:04 +0000
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