At 12:35 AM -0400 10/20/05, Raymond Horton wrote:
Hey folks,

One can not "loose" a file.  One can "lose" a file.

Well, one can, of course, "loose" a file containing a virus or trojan horse, meaning to turn it loose to do its thing. But of course you are correct. The two words allow us greater precision in writing although the difference might not always be audible in speech. BOY am I glad I didn't have to learn English as a second language!!!

John


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