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Okay, this one is a big pet peeve of mine.

It's lose people, not loose!

Lose means to not win, to misplace or not be able to find.

Loose means not tight, not bound together, lacking moral restraint, etc.

Whenever I see someone write, "He had nothing to loose," or one of many variations, I want to scream at the author, "Unless he has dogs to sic on his target he doesn't have anything to loose, he has nothing to lose!"

This is really just a reminder that lose and loose are not the same word and don't have the same meaning. If you are careful to use them in the proper way then you will be sure not to lose any readers.