Wrath of Blog

Grammar Day Pet Peeve #1: lose vs. loose.  I see this many places from so many people. But you don’t loose something. Loose is not a verb, it’s a noun. It can become an intransitive verb as in “to let loose” or “to make loose” or “to cut loose” but loose, by itself, is a noun that means something isn’t tight or rigid. A loose knot. Loose morals.

But never “I loose my keys all the time.”

to lose.  definition

Present:  I lose, you lose, he loses, we lose, they lose.

Present Progressive: I am losing, you are losing, he is losing, we are losing, they are losing.

Past: I lost, you lost, he lost, we lost, they lost.

Past Progressive: I was losing, you were losing, he was losing, we were losing, they were losing.

Past Perfect:  I have lost, you have lost, he has lost, we have lost, they have lost.

Future: I will lose, you will lose, he will lose, we will lose, they will lose.

Future Perfect: I will have lost, you will have lost, he will have lost, we will have lost, they will have lost.

I don’t feel like doing past perfect progressive, most of the future tenses and any of the conditionals, but feel free.