Do you know the difference between the words “lose” and “lose”? Do you wonder every time you write one of these words if you’re spelling it right? This article provides examples of how to use “lose” and “lose” correctly, and gives you a trick to forever remember which is which!
Lose: This word is a VERB. Some of its most common meanings are: to come to be without something, to stop following up on something, for someone to die, or not to win.
Here is a list of some things you can lose: keys; money; a job; 25 pounds; beloved; a game of pool, your virginity or your mind.
Before you get lost thinking about all the things you could lose, let’s move on to “lose”.
Loose: This word is often used as an ADJECTIVE. It can mean: free, unrestricted, untethered, or unrestricted. Some of its antonyms (opposites) are: firm, tied and tight. It can also be used as a VERB meaning to drop, shoot or fly, or release.
Some things that can be in or out are: Hair, knots, zoo animals, a sexually promiscuous person, a structure, a performance, vegetables in the supermarket, and teeth.
There are many idioms that use the word “loose”, such as “drop”, “drop”, “drop”, “hang”, “drop”, and “let go”. And are any of you “loose-footed and unfantasized”?
I hope the difference between “lose” and “lose” is clear. Now, how will you remember which is which?
It is easy. If you want to be loose and free, be free with your “o’s”! And every time you find yourself freely tossing a double letter “o” in the word loose, ask yourself, “Should I *lose* the “o”?”
If you want a verb that means “to be without something”, then to be without the extra “o” (LOSE IT)! And if you think you might lose track of something, lose track of the second “o.”
“Use ’em or lose ’em” just got a whole new meaning!