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Tangent: is loose a non-American spelling of lose, or is it just commonly misspelled?

• burke 17y ago
  It's an unfortunately common misspelling.
  • ashleyw 17y ago
    Haha, yes — I just spent 2 minutes scratching my head wondering if it was another British word which America 'simplified', as I found it in the dictionary and thought you meant 'loose' was a common misspelling of 'lose'; Only to realize, yes, lose and loose are two words. Opps! I think it's time for some sleep...as should probably always be the case when you loose the ability to differentiate words... :D
    • ashleyw 17y ago
      "…case when you loose the ability…" How could I do it again?!