Lose and Loose

[Amanda Deck]

These two are confused so often!
Today though, I read something that made me laugh because a case could legitimately be made for using the wrong word. Here it is: "Loosing his patience, Gant screamed..."
It clearly should read, "Losing his patience, Gant screamed..." but what if we take it differently? What if we understand it as Gant letting his patience loose and having nothing left but rage? In that case, he did loose it and it escaped. He loosed his patience and thereby, lost it.

[jgraney8]

These two are confused so often!
Today though, I read something that made me laugh because a case could legitimately be made for using the wrong word. Here it is: "Loosing his patience, Gant screamed..."
It clearly should read, "Losing his patience, Gant screamed..." but what if we take it differently? What if we understand it as Gant letting his patience loose and having nothing left but rage? In that case, he did loose it and it escaped. He loosed his patience and thereby, lost it.

Yours is an interesting interpretation. If done purposefully, the writer would seem to have made a creative use of the word.

[Harley-Panda]

When I see these being confused it really bothers me, but if it was purposefully done in the way you described then it isn't so bad!
I am tired of seeing on social media that people want to 'loose weight' though (although maybe there's a more creative way that I can read that one as well!)

[fernsmom]

I think your first suggestion was right that it was misused, but interesting interpretation to give the author the benefit of the doubt!

[Koser]

When I know about two confused word lose and loose then I try to read every writer suggestion about these words.its good question for information.

[Louanne Piccolo]

Quite fun to interpret it that way actually. And it made me think of titles we know with these words that could be played around with:
Loose in Translation (which could also mean that the translation is really really bad!)
Footlose / Footlost (bad dancers with two left feet)
This would make an excellent high school English lesson!

[hana2012]

Back then, I always mix them up (as well as 'lost') and I think I still do on certain occasions