loose or lose

[jasonlulu_2000]

If you are hungry, what do you do? Grab a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet after that? Just like your stomach, even your mind is hungry. But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover, favorite star and many such absurd things. So it silently began to heed to your needs and never let itself grow. When mind ____ its freedom to grow, creativity gets a full stop.
A. looses B. loses

Which one is better? WHY?

What does the author intend to tell us?
A. Man needs great creativity.
B. We occupy our mind with our needs.

Can you help me out?

Thanks!

Jason

 

[SoothingDave]

If you look in a dictionary you see that "lose" and "loose" have two different definitions.

 

[Barb_D]

There are many things in this paragraph that are weird. Is that an exact copy? I can't imagine a native speaker writing "grab a piece of your favorite meal," for example.

 

[SoothingDave]

There are many things in this paragraph that are weird. Is that an exact copy? I can't imagine a native speaker writing "grab a piece of your favorite meal," for example.

Or "When mind looses/loses..."

 

[emsr2d2]

If you are hungry, what do you do? Grab a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet after that? Just like your stomach, even your mind is hungry. But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover, favorite star and many such absurd things. So it silently began to heed to your needs and never let itself grow. When mind ____ its freedom to grow, creativity gets a full stop.
A. looses B. loses

I have marked all the points in this piece which are either completely incorrect English, or sound very unnatural. I would be confident in saying that it wasn't written by a native speaker.

 

[Barb_D]

And as such, trying to say what the writer intended to say is a bit of a challenge. Neither of the choices you gave us work.

 

[BobK]

I have marked all the points in this piece which are either completely incorrect English, or sound very unnatural. I would be confident in saying that it wasn't written by a native speaker.

:up: And they apparently don't know what 'absurd' means. ;-)

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[emsr2d2]

Mind you, wasting your time thinking about your dream lover or favourite star instead of something important is rather absurd!

 

[jasonlulu_2000]

Thank you all for your help!
It's a pity that I have no guaranteed source of authentic English, but I have to face these dodgy passages in everyday work. That's why I often turn to you for confirmation.
In this case, I just want to confirm whether a native will say his mind looses the freedom. If so, does it mean he lets the freedom run freely.

Jason

 

[SoothingDave]

No, "loses" is the proper word. Freedom is often "lost." I can't think of a sentence where freedom would be "loosed."

 

[emsr2d2]

As SoothingDave said, "looses" is definitely not appropriate. The best I can do is assume it is "loses" and that it means something "When the brain/mind loses its capacity to grow, creativity is stunted/comes to a complete halt". That still doesn't make much sense but it's better English.

 

[charliedeut]

I can't think of a sentence where freedom would be "loosed."

This looks like a challenge for other members (I'm thinking of one in particular, of course, whose name includes a single figure and a couple of consonants - guess who?) ;-)

charliedeut

 

[BobK]

:up: And in any case, I'm not sure what it might mean for a mind to 'lose freedom'. People do; their minds don't. That would be rather like saying 'My eyes are reading this book'. ;-)

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[Tdol]

In this case, I just want to confirm whether a native will say his mind looses the freedom.

They shouldn't, but this is a common spelling mistake- the internet is full of people calling each other loosers.

 

[Odessa Dawn]

And as such, trying to say what the writer intended to say is a bit of a challenge. Neither of the choices you gave us work.

Neither of the choices you gave us work.

Sorry for interruption! Don't we need a "s" or "-ed" attached to the verb WORK?

Examples:
Neither of the choices you gave us does work.

or
Neither of the choices you gave us works.

or
Neither of the choices you gave us worked.

Which one from the aforementioned is familiar with rules?


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[Tdol]

Some people use a singular verb after neither and some use a plural. Traditionally, the singular was the preferred form, but nowadays, the plural is used more and more.

Neither of the choices you gave us works. :tick:
Neither of the choices you gave us work. :tick:

 

[BobK]

:up: I'm rather tired of the language fascists.

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