Lose or loose

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Leah falls in love with a boy. The boy, Luke, later moves away, and the two lose contact.

Would it be correct to use the word "loose" in the second sentence? Thanks for your help.
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Kenesha L Fowler wrote: 31 Jan 2022, 13:24 Leah falls in love with a boy. The boy, Luke, later moves away, and the two lose contact.

Would it be correct to use the word "loose" in the second sentence? Thanks for your help.
Lose seems to be correct in this context; they both lost contact. Loose is used when something is loose (not tight). Hope this helps.
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That's what I thought. Thanks for your help.
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Kenesha L Fowler wrote: 31 Jan 2022, 13:24 Leah falls in love with a boy. The boy, Luke, later moves away, and the two lose contact.

Would it be correct to use the word "loose" in the second sentence? Thanks for your help.
I think ‘lose’ makes more sense in that context than ‘loose.’ Because their pronunciations are almost the same, it is easy to confuse one for the other. If you lose something, it means you no longer have it. On the other hand, if something is loose, it means it is not tight.
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I do not think both are right."Loose" can not be replaced, because it would be an adjective if you put it before contact, which is not your context.
" Lose " is better but "Lost" is , I think, the right word.
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Lose is the present tense of lost. That means to miss something. It also means not able to win but loose actually means something that is not tight. So you can say Chelsea loses to West Brom. But you can't say Chelsea looses to West Brim.

It is proper then to say 'the wire loose from its original position'. Not 'the wire loose from its original position'.
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Loose cannot be used interchangeably with lose as they do not mean the same thing. One is the opposite of not winning, the other means not tight.
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Samuel Mamo wrote: 09 Feb 2022, 15:25 I do not think both are right."Loose" can not be replaced, because it would be an adjective if you put it before contact, which is not your context.
" Lose " is better but "Lost" is , I think, the right word.
Good day, I second the motion, must be in the past tense
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Samuel Mamo wrote: 09 Feb 2022, 15:25 I do not think both are right."Loose" can not be replaced, because it would be an adjective if you put it before contact, which is not your context.
" Lose " is better but "Lost" is , I think, the right word.
Good day, I second the motion, must be in the past tense
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"Lose" is better for the tense that's being used. Since the sentence uses "moves" as a verb, "lost" actually switches the tense. If you'd prefer to use "lost," you would need to change "moves" to "moved."
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