Hatrack River Forum: loosing? losing?

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Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :

Which one is correct? I've seen "loosing" a whole lot, but to me I see that as in "loose that knot." The application of "loosing" seems like it should be "losing a friend."

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

They're both correct; they just mean different things.

"Losing" is a form of "to lose" -- the opposite of "to find."

"Loosing" is a form of "to (let) loose" -- the opposite of "to capture."

Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :

Which is why "in fear of loosing want2write" is so funny.

Posted by HollowEarth (Member # 2586) on :

Ha. That is funny.

Now that I see it.

yeah.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Exactly, Jon. And why I had to stop myself from commenting snarkily on exactly that at least twice last night. [Big Grin]

Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :

I had no idea this was such a difficult distinction to make. My hubby always uses "loosing", as if he doesn't even know there is such a word as "losing". It drives me bananas.

Please, oh please, learn that LOSE is different than LOOSE!

Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :

Hurray for English!