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Pet Peeve: "lose" vs. "loose"

Subject: Pet Peeve: "lose" vs. "loose"
From: "J. David Hester, PhD" <email@hidden>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 13:04:42 -0500
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"Lose" (pronounced looz) is a verb and means "to be deprived of, no longer have" as in "to lose a connection", i.e., the connection was lost or dropped.

"Loose" (pronounced loos) is most frequently an adjective meaning "detached, not tied together or relaxed"; sometimes it is a verb meaning "to set free or release" - "the ropes were loosed". You do not typically "loose" a connection, but if you do, it means you actively untied it or set it free.

Which is probably not what is meant when a server no longer can communicate with another server.

-David

J. David Hester, PhD

Macintosh Network Engineer

NIDCD/NIH - Contractor

LCG Systems, Inc.

(301) 402-1128

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