Loosing---Losing.

To Lose (Losing): fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense; fail to win; suffer the loss of a person through death or removal; misplace: place (something) where one cannot find it again; miss from one's possessions; lose sight of; allow to go out of sight; fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit; fail to get or obtain; fall back: retreat

Loose (Loosing):not restrained or confined or attached; not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player;
not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; informal: not officially recognized or controlled; free: not literal; lax: emptying easily or excessively; unaffixed: not affixed; not tense or taut; (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a loose weave" not fixed firmly or tightly; idle: lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; not carefully arranged in a package; free: grant freedom to; free from confinement; unleash: turn loose or free from restraint; at large(p): having escaped, especially from confinement; loosen: make loose or looser; easy: casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior;


Two totally different words and if I see that mistake one more time...


*raves nonsensically*
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From: [identity profile] lawrencered.livejournal.com


What makes my brain explode is Lay and Lie. Does fic-writing make one forget basic grammatical tenets like usage of intransitive vs. transitive verbs?
On top of that, I see "layed" all the time even though IT"S NOT A WORD OK. :(

From: [identity profile] rispacooper.livejournal.com


As in...he went to that club looking to get layed???

wow. it makes me think of chips.
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