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Loosely, I did know what the comment meant. But clarification can be good.


You mean "Losely", right...


this entire back and forth is loose/lose for everyone


Yeah, they even showed they knew what the person meant. They were curious about why the person chose that particular word as it’s occurred frequently enough to make them wonder how/why it happens.

If you know the answer I’d be happy to hear it.


Not the asker, but I have the same curiosity, as this phenomenon does not seem to occur with other words in English. I suspect it has something to do with "lose" being the only English word with the "oo" vowel followed by an "s", but I find it fascinating that this mistake can occur. And almost exclusively it is made by native English speakers.



This is exactly why I (native English speaker) frequently trip over this spelling.


end u no wut dis comma meen bt its stl a buze 2 mk u rd itt.




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