Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] PATCH: dpt_i2o memory leak comments | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 02 Apr 2003 12:32:52 +0100 |
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On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 00:12, jw schultz wrote: > No, because loose is also a verb meaning to make loose or > remove restraints. English is such a fun language.
To make loose is "loosen", to set free can be "loose", although from "let loose" I suspect.
> To lose something implies the loss is unintended, either > real or pretense. Unless the loss is unintentional you > really shouldn't be using the word "lose". If it is > unintentional it should probably be past tense (lost).
Umm ? "The annoyed team members set out to lose"
You can intentionally lose something. The difference is whether you expect to be able to retrieve it.
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