--- Tom Bridgeland <[log in to unmask]> wrote $B!' (B

> Lets not start teasing the non-native English
> speakers about the
> occasional mistake. I TEACH English and still
> sometimes let errors slip
> though.

Actually, my experience is that it's generally the native
speakers who make this error.

Just for everybody's information:
lose = present tense of "lost," i.e. "to lose weight"
loose = adjective, opposite of "tight."

Jens Wilkinson