r/mildlyinfuriating 1d ago

English for Beginners

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u/Swervin69 1d ago

Don’t feel bad beginners, fluent speakers still don’t know how to tell their, there, and they’re apart.

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u/ciopobbi 1d ago

Lose and loose

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u/Loldungeonleo 21h ago

I know the difference between the 2 and still messed it up in a different sub like 20min ago.

Lose: You no longer have something

Loose: Something is barely attached

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u/NikNakskes 20h ago

And how to remember this: loose has two o because it is stretched out, lose has one o because it lost the extra stretchy one.