On Tue, Apr 04, 2017 at 02:58:33PM -0400, David Storrs wrote: > > One more for you: losing vs loosing. Lose means both (the opposite > of win) and (the opposite of find). Loose means (the opposite of > tight) and more rarely (to untie) or (to set free).
Loose and lose are actually pronounced differently. Loose as an adjective does mean the opposite of tight. *Loosen* means to make less tight, or to untie. It doesn't mean to set free. Loose as a verb does mean to set free, but I've only heard it in the context of loosing the dogs on someone; i.e. to let the dogs attack. Is this slight difference in meaanings perhaps a difference of dialect, or do you agree? > > "...without losing the point" is what you want. Many native speakers > of English get this wrong and it's a pet peeve of mine. Of mine, too. Using 'data' as a singular noun is another, but probably so widespread there's no going back to datum being the singular of data. To the extent that I put a parody post on the uncyclopedia declaring 'datata' as the proper Greek plural of data. (note to nonEnglish speakers: it isn't) -- hendrik -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
