Jose wrote in
et:

Yea, I would say loosening the (thing that was tight and needed
'loosing')

When you loosen something, you make it less tight (but still
attached). When you loose something, you set it free (set it loose).
When you lose something, it's probably because you loosed it instead
of loosened it.


Thenkew.
I feel an entry inWkipedia is called for here.



Bertie