Comment on Who's receiving and who's loosing electrons?
sbeak@sopuli.xyz 1 day agoThe short answer is, to “lose” means to have lost something (e.g. “Did you lose your keys?”, but in this case it’s electrons) while to “loose” is used to describe getting something to be able to move freely / unstuck (which could arguably be used to describe the loss of electrons in a material, since you’re rubbing them loose)
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 day ago
And the messed up thing is they both are pronounced opposite to the spelling.
You’d thing “loose” would have the longer O sound, but “lose” does. 🤦
sbeak@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
English really is a funny language