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Although I am now more than 90% descriptivist in my outlook I still HATE seeing "loose" used for "lose". Sadly, stopping it seems a Canutian endeavour. Nevertheless, my ire has it uses, as in protecting me from spammers: http://snipurl.com/97fw-mq42
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Just don't unlose the dogs of war, Max.
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But why? Why must we lose this one? Does that mean I have to stop crossing out the extra O? Don't throw in the towel yet Max.
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Yeah, those dogs got lose tongues.
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yeah, don't be a looser, dude.
formerly known as etaoin...
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sjmaxq : Now I know why you don't bring me flowers, anymore... since that fateful day...  ******* And the ad also says "Then you're luck to read this message". I detect the *feint odour of "chinglish"
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you don't bring me flowers, anymore Oh, the image that puts in my head! HA!
feint Yes, I think it was.
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I really don't notice this lose/loose business over here at the source so maybe all is not lost.
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