21st Century Grammar Handbook

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21st century grammar
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Loose, lose.
Lose.

Loc. cit. This abbreviation of the Latin words locus citatus,” means the place cited.”
The abbreviation is used only in footnotes or endnotes to scholarly or scienti c writing and is growing less common even there. Current practice is to use a shortened title or author’s name to repeat a citation.
Loose, lose. Commonly confused, these words have di erent meanings and are different parts of speech. Loose is most commonly an adjective that means not tight or scattered The seal on the window was loose, letting lots of loose sand blow in.”
(There is a verb to loose which means to release something or to make it loose but the word is a bit archaic and not commonly used) Lose is a verb that means to fail to keep track of or misplace You will lose your place if you don’t pay attention.”
Its conjugation is irregular lose, lost, lost. See irregular verbs.
Lose. See loose.
Lower case. Letters that are not capitalized (large and in special form) are said to be lowercase Capitalized letters are called “upper case.” See capitalization.

Ltd. This British abbreviation of the word limited refers to a kind of company and is like the US. abbreviations “Co.” or “Inc.”
-ly. The suffix “ly” is added to words to make them adverbs, which modify verbs:
“Merrily we roll along Some words that end in “ly” are not adverbs family It is important to note this distinction when words that end in “ly” are joined to

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