Lose is a verb: "I am afraid I may lose my new mobile."
Loose is an adjective: "My shoelace has come loose."
A good way to remember is to think of yourself shouting out, exaggerating the vowels: "My shooooooelace has come loooooose!" This tells you that the word has a long sound but, of course, only two letters o.
Some useful hints about correct English and tips on literary analysis by Barbara Daniels (Doc Barbara) an ex-teacher with an Oxford M.A. in English Language and Literature and a London Ph. D
Single inverted commas
Although it is usual to enclose a word under discussion in single inverted commas, I have chosen instead to emphasise it in red to prevent confusion with apostrophes.
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