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DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL
Sorry, but I just can't take it any more.  This is targeted at way too
many of you...not just one person.

"Loose" is the opposite of tight.

"Lose" is when you don't win --or-- when you had something but don't
have it any more.  That is, you LOST it.  Lost is the past tense of
lose (not loose).

Loose sounds like the beginning of the name Lucy or like the word
"noose" (the rope thing).

Lose sounds like the possessive form of "Lou," such as "Lou's radio is broken."

de Doug KR2Q
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Re: way off topic...sorry

Mike S-8
At 09:06 PM 3/22/2008, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote...
>"Loose" is the opposite of tight.
>
>"Lose" is when you don't win

Is an Elecraft gray, or grey?

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Re: way off topic...sorry

M0XDF
grey! Except mine which is Black :-)
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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73 de M0XDF / K3 #174

On 23 Mar 2008, at 23:20, Mike S wrote:

> At 09:06 PM 3/22/2008, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote...
>> "Loose" is the opposite of tight.
>>
>> "Lose" is when you don't win
>
> Is an Elecraft gray, or grey?
>
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w7go
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K2 or K3?

Tony W7GO

Mike S wrote:

> At 09:06 PM 3/22/2008, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote...
>> "Loose" is the opposite of tight.
>>
>> "Lose" is when you don't win
>
> Is an Elecraft gray, or grey?
>
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RE: way off topic...sorry

Darwin, Keith
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-----Original Message-----
Is an Elecraft gray, or grey?
--------------------------

Actually, it can be spelled either way.  After much debate, I've settled
on "gray" since "a" comes before "e" in the alphabet.

Here is a site you (that's the plural form) may be interested in.  It
lists many common errors in English.  It's great fun to click and read.

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html

- Keith N1AS -
- K2 5411.ssb.100 -
- K3 Wave 3 -

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KBG Luxford
Your Mr. Webster has a lot to answer for.  He was either lazy or could
not spell, yet he had the supreme cheek to write a dictionary.

Kevin
VK3DAP / ZL2DAP


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Thom LaCosta-2
At 08:27 PM 3/24/2008, KBG Luxford wrote:
>Your Mr. Webster has a lot to answer for.  He was either lazy or
>could not spell, yet he had the supreme cheek to write a dictionary.

He may have suffered brain damage from coffee, instead of tea.

Thom k3hrn

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Re: way off topic...sorry

Phil Kane-2
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Darwin, Keith wrote:

> Here is a site you (that's the plural form) may be interested in.  It
> lists many common errors in English.  It's great fun to click and read.
>
> http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html

Have you ever been exposed to the "joys" of Strunk and White's "The
Elements of Style"?  I was able to avoid it in undergrad school but it
was a required text in my law school's Legal Writing class, as well as
the Holy Writ for the resident grammarian to whom I've been married for
a couple of decades.

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
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