Does this drive anyone else crazy?!

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  • michellemybelll
    michellemybelll Posts: 2,228 Member
    dedicated to many!

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  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    Lose VS. Loose ~ Why is this so hard for most people, it seems?



    I don't get it. :huh:
    Some people are dyslexic. For some people, English isn't their first language. Some people make typos. Some people just aren't very good at spelling and/or don't care. Bad grammar is something that bugs me from time to time, but I generally find more pressing things to get stressed/judgemental about. :ohwell:

    (... and if lose/loose bothers you that much, you might want to stay away from these boards.)

    Totally this! How often it has happened to me English speaking started ***** about my English, which is not perfect as a Dutch Swede. Try our language and see if you can do it as well as I can speak yours!

    Agreed. English is hard as s**t to learn for a non-Native speaker or anyone with a learning disability. As an English teacher, I can attest to the fact that a large number of the rules are inconsistent and don't even make any damn sense. So I applaud anyone from a foreign country who can manage to get a decent grasp of the language. My problem is with people who have been speaking English since they first learned to talk but insist on writing and speaking foolishly anyway because they think it's cute. Way too much of that goes on.
  • ThePlight
    ThePlight Posts: 3,593 Member
    Agreed. English is hard as s**t to learn for a non-Native speaker or anyone with a learning disability. As an English teacher, I can attest to the fact that a large number of the rules are inconsistent and don't even make any damn sense. So I applaud anyone from a foreign country who can manage to get a decent grasp of the language. My problem is with people who have been speaking English since they first learned to talk but insist on writing and speaking foolishly anyway because they think it's cute. Way too much of that goes on.

    Why, thank you ;) It took a lot of hard work LOL.
    It irks me when native English speakers refuse to learn it properly.
  • Wilhellmina
    Wilhellmina Posts: 757 Member
    Lose VS. Loose ~ Why is this so hard for most people, it seems?



    I don't get it. :huh:
    Some people are dyslexic. For some people, English isn't their first language. Some people make typos. Some people just aren't very good at spelling and/or don't care. Bad grammar is something that bugs me from time to time, but I generally find more pressing things to get stressed/judgemental about. :ohwell:

    (... and if lose/loose bothers you that much, you might want to stay away from these boards.)

    Totally this! How often it has happened to me English speaking started ***** about my English, which is not perfect as a Dutch Swede. Try our language and see if you can do it as well as I can speak yours!

    Agreed. English is hard as s**t to learn for a non-Native speaker or anyone with a learning disability. As an English teacher, I can attest to the fact that a large number of the rules are inconsistent and don't even make any damn sense. So I applaud anyone from a foreign country who can manage to get a decent grasp of the language. My problem is with people who have been speaking English since they first learned to talk but insist on writing and speaking foolishly anyway because they think it's cute. Way too much of that goes on.

    YoO MaN, I ToTaLlY gEt WuT U MeAn (<==== that kind of typing really is annoying, I do not even take the effort to read it)
  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    Agreed. English is hard as s**t to learn for a non-Native speaker or anyone with a learning disability. As an English teacher, I can attest to the fact that a large number of the rules are inconsistent and don't even make any damn sense. So I applaud anyone from a foreign country who can manage to get a decent grasp of the language. My problem is with people who have been speaking English since they first learned to talk but insist on writing and speaking foolishly anyway because they think it's cute. Way too much of that goes on.

    Why, thank you ;) It took a lot of hard work LOL.
    It irks me when native English speakers refuse to learn it properly.

    :smile:
  • tattygun
    tattygun Posts: 447 Member
    I'm with you OP!
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Oh my, this drives me insane as well lol. I have a friend that refuses to note the difference between "to" and "too", also "your" and "you're"... She claims she passed English with honors. I call shenanigans lolol.

    You have a friend WHO refuses to note those differences.

    Boy oh boy do I love when grammar and spelling nazis are as imperfect as those they criticize.

    I do enjoy irony. There's so much of it in threads like these.
  • ThePlight
    ThePlight Posts: 3,593 Member
    YoO MaN, I ToTaLlY gEt WuT U MeAn (<==== that kind of typing really is annoying, I do not even take the effort to read it)

    NOOO!! Set it on fire and hit it with a stick, repeatedly!! lol
  • michellemybelll
    michellemybelll Posts: 2,228 Member
    well this sort've belongs here.

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  • losing4799
    losing4799 Posts: 83
    some people just didn't pay attention in school, i'm not about to hound them/be angry at them not knowing something, so I leave it alone for the most part :frown:
  • vtmoon
    vtmoon Posts: 3,436 Member
    There is actually a group about this!

    We spelling Nazi's must unite. LOL

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/13426-it-s-spelled-l-o-s-e-not-loose-losers
    Uuuummmm ....

    Ironic post is ironic?

    :laugh:
  • teamAmelia
    teamAmelia Posts: 1,247 Member
    It doesn't drive me crazy. What annoys me is when people criticize others' grammar, but they have numerous grammatical errors in their posts. Seriously?
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    well this sort've belongs here.


    What does "sort've" mean?

    "Sort have" is not an expression. I think you mean "sort of."

    But, please, go on telling other people how to write correctly. :flowerforyou:
  • ThePlight
    ThePlight Posts: 3,593 Member
    ::Gigglesnort::
  • MissChyna
    MissChyna Posts: 358 Member
    I hate that just as much as I hate: Your and You're
  • michellemybelll
    michellemybelll Posts: 2,228 Member
    well this sort've belongs here.


    What does "sort've" mean?

    "Sort have" is not an expression. I think you mean "sort of."

    But, please, go on telling other people how to write correctly. :flowerforyou:

    right. because sort've is an unequivocal contraction for "sort have", never "sort of". Thanks so much for clearing that up, and for telling me what I meant when I wrote that. What, pray tell, would I do without your insight?
  • arathena720
    arathena720 Posts: 449 Member
    You will never lose if you date a loose woman.
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