Re: "lose" or "loose" again / Re: How did I lose the TRUNC()

[ahem] well, *someone* missed the thread. :-)

The use of "lose" in this context is correct. "loose" would be wrong.

"lose" is pronounced with a zed-like sound for the s, and it means more-or-less the opposite of "find". "loose" is pronounced with a hard s, like the beginning of "say", and means more-or-less the opposite of "tight".

And BTW just to avoid the egg-on-face effect, I checked these factoids in the Tormont Webster's Illustrated Encyclopedic Dictionary, ISBN 2-921171-32-5, just before posting this. So don't give me any backtalk.

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At 04:18 PM 8/10/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Lisa,
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>This is not a technical answer.
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>It's supposed to be "loose", not "lose".
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>There was a very important grammatical thread on this a while back
>that you mave have missed. :)
>ep
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>Date sent: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 14:47:49 -0800
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>
>> How on earth did PL/SQL lose track of the TRUNC function?? Has anyone seen
>..........................^^^^

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