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tfheen Wed, 13 Sep 2006 - Common mistakes foreigners make when writing English

If you are using "loose" when you mean the opposite of win, please stop. Use "lose". Loose is the opposite of tight.

Similarly, "noone" is (almost always) wrong. You mean "no one". Noone is an obsolete form of "noon" (mid-day).

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