Comments on: Evangeline’s home burns down

By: Andreas

Andreas — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:30:22 +0000

Thanks for clarifying Hammer!

Edit: For those readers who didn’t see the spelling mistake – I’ve now edited the last line in the original post from “loose anything” to “lose anything”.

I really hope that the fire was an accident (you never know with stalkers and crazy people) and that Evie and her roommates find a new home as soon as possible.

By: Hammer

Hammer — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:07:30 +0000

I mentioned this before…mostly because I dislike nit picking written messages. Loose has a secondary definition “-vi To loose something.” in The New International Webster’s Pocket Dictionary Of The English Language (as well as others). Before I get lectured…no it is not common and most English majors will tell you not to use it…but it is acceptable. (A little tip I got from an English prof. years ago.)

By: Maurice Tift

Maurice Tift — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:57:45 +0000

She seems like a genuinely nice person in TV interviews and other events. I think that’s why this sort of thing bothers us. Hopefully all of her friends and her roommates’ friends will pitch in and help out – helping her to replace things that were lost.

By: carebare

carebare — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:55:16 +0000

don’t worry, andreas, you used the correct form. lose is the present/future tense of ‘lost’ and loose is the opposite of tight. =)

By: Andreas

Andreas — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:34:58 +0000

Thanks for the correction Matt. English is not my native language and lose/loose is just one of those things I manage to get wrong now and then.

Thanks for pointing it out though. Hopefully my brain will be able to register the correct spelling sooner or later!

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 06:52:59 +0000

I usually avoid playing the grammar Nazi, but when you’re writing a blog about a show called “Lost”, you really should be able to spell the word “lose”. Once again, sorry to pick nits, just one of those things.

P.S. Don’t mean to trivialize Ms. Lilly’s loss, which is really unfortunate.