I'm a tutor/ teacher's aide. "Loose" is like loose change in your pocket (think of the o's as being coins in your pocket). "Lose" is to lose something- you don't have it any more (only one coin left in your pocket). Sorry, but my vocation demands that I correct your English- it just bugs the heck out of me! - Granny :hippy:

ps- Be nice to that ever-smiling aide in your class, Jack- it might be me!