On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 09:17, Michel Fodje wrote: > should feel natural. It doesn't mean that it should loose functionality,
Does it involve good spelling? <G> Sorry, cheap shot I know. But this one *really* gets on my nerves. "Lose" and "Loose" are two different words in English. "Lose" is a verb meaning mislay or (in the above usage) get rid of. "Loose" is either an adjective, the opposite of "tight", or (less commonly) a verb meaning "set free" or "discharge" (you can "loose" a horse that's been penned up, though more common usage here would be "turn loose", or "loose" a shot from a gun). Some spelling mistakes are harmless, but this really isn't; both spellings ought to be usable as verbs, but this increasingly widespread incorrect usage of "loose" to mean "lose" is threatening that. Sorry. Rant over. But i'd appreciate it if doc writers looked out for this one in their docs - your spellchecker won't pick it up. :) (Interestingly, my spellchecker doesn't appear to pick up the word spellcheck or the word spellchecker. Crazy. It's happy with spell checker, though. That's what it calls itself. Hmm. I think i'm going to go take a shower.) -- adamw
