Re: [SLE] friendly English lesson

Doug McGarrett wrote:

Hello, all:

English is a bitch. Even native speakers have trouble with the spelling, etc., of very similar words.

I very often see "lose" and "loose" used wrongly. Let me set that to rest, if I can. I will steal some definitions from The American Heritage Dictionary, as follows:

******************************************************************* Lose:

lose (l?z) v. lost (lôst, lost), los·ing, los·es v. tr.

Now, now, there's no need to lose it. ;-) Also, let's not forget your & you're or there, their & they're.