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This is the third time in a week I've seen this problem, so I have to bring it up. Loose is not the word you want here. Loose means not tight, or not secured in one place. I lost weight, now my pants are loose. I left my front door open and now my (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Grammar alert (was Re: Lego CNN article - 1000 loose job? Whats UP?)
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(...) What would 1,000 loose jobs be, anyway. Maybe a thousand positions that you'd really like to fill but can't? Maybe a thousand employees who run rampant in the street because you left the office door open? (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Grammar alert (was Re: Lego CNN article - 1000 loose job? Whats UP?)
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(...) My guess would be 1000 positions that almost fit into your org chart, but not quite. (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Grammar alert (was Re: Lego CNN article - 1000 loose job? Whats UP?)
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(...) My guess is 1,000 jobs that aren't firmly bolted to the org chart. Cheers, - Sproat (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Grammar alert (was Re: Lego CNN article - 1000 loose job? Whats UP?)
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(...) Maybe it describes the subsequent two weeks after a _really_ bad trip to Mexico. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Grammar alert (was Re: Lego CNN article - 1000 loose job? Whats UP?)
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Mike Stanley skrev i meddelandet ... (...) In Swedish it makes perfect sense! If a job is 'loose', You are threatened to lose Your job, but it hasn't happened yet. -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Grammar alert (was Re: Lego CNN article - 1000 loose job? Whats UP?)
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(...) Is this the first example of toilet humor on RTL? if so, may it be the last. (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) RTL, Larry? Again, I say: Tsk, Tsk. Jasper (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Grammar alert (was Re: Lego CNN article - 1000 loose job? Whats UP?)
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(...) OK, OK, to me this has supplanted RTL. Ya, that's it. No actually, I just forgot because my browser makes it easy and I don't remember where we are. Certainly if it had been on RTL it would not be. But if it is here, I reiterate, spare me :-) (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Grammar alert (was Re: Lego CNN article - 1000 loose job? Whats UP?)
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My understanding of the words lose and loosen are closer in meaning (in english) than you think. The greek word is ballo or "I loose" - I let go. I loosed weight (let go of it). I lost weight is using a contracted form of loose (you didn't really (...) (26 years ago, 5-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Grammar alert (was Re: Lego CNN article - 1000 loose job? Whats UP?)
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John Neal wrote in message <36BB5E5B.5B8F5EC9@u...st.net>... (...) I (...) loose (...) may (...) I don't know where you got this understanding, but you might want to put it back. Lost is past tense of lose. Loosed is the past tense of loose. If your (...) (26 years ago, 6-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Grammar alert (was Re: Lego CNN article - 1000 loose job? Whats UP?)
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I stand corrected (I think). Now I must hunt down the derivations of ballo, but that can wait. Tell me more about the 1000 jobs at Lego and where do I apply? :) John (...) (26 years ago, 6-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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