From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: jw schultz <jw@pegasys.ws>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PATCH: dpt_i2o memory leak comments
Date: 02 Apr 2003 12:32:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1049283171.16276.19.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030401231202.GC4078@pegasys.ws>
On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 00:12, jw schultz wrote:
> No, because loose is also a verb meaning to make loose or
> remove restraints. English is such a fun language.
To make loose is "loosen", to set free can be "loose", although from
"let loose" I suspect.
> To lose something implies the loss is unintended, either
> real or pretense. Unless the loss is unintentional you
> really shouldn't be using the word "lose". If it is
> unintentional it should probably be past tense (lost).
Umm ? "The annoyed team members set out to lose"
You can intentionally lose something. The difference is whether you
expect to be able to retrieve it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-04-02 12:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <200304012105.h31L5vG11354@hera.kernel.org>
2003-04-01 13:15 ` Randy.Dunlap
2003-04-01 21:26 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-04-01 21:26 ` Nigel Cunningham
2003-04-01 23:12 ` jw schultz
2003-04-02 11:32 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2003-04-02 10:11 ` Jörn Engel
2003-04-02 11:58 ` Alan Cox
2003-06-11 14:01 scott
2003-06-11 19:48 scott
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