Its lose not loose

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  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    Yeah!! Oh wait you mean me! :bigsmile:

    OK

    *Grunt* *poke* *point* Jeanette *bark* *sratch* *snif*

    no I didnt mean you I ment people
    in general. lol you can bark and scratch as long as you dont hump my leg lol
  • ZebraHead
    ZebraHead Posts: 15,207 Member
    Dang I forgot that one. That speaks volumes all by itself. :bigsmile: :flowerforyou:
  • jschneider
    jschneider Posts: 41 Member
    Oh wow!!! It thought this was an Introduction Forum on a weight loss site ..Correcting spelling and grammar on here is as appropriate as telling your English teacher she should LOSE some weight. Seriously ....someone has too much time on thier hands.
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    Dang I forgot that one. That speaks volumes all by itself. :bigsmile: :flowerforyou:

    :bigsmile: it is an international language:tongue:
  • Beth720
    Beth720 Posts: 661 Member
    The one thing that gets me is that people who in other places will mix up "loose" and "lose" will almost always get it exactly right when discussing The Biggest LOSER.

    There is no generalization!!

    (And not that anyone here has done it in this thread, but while we're on grammatical pet peeves, plurals do NOT need apostrophes! Thank you! :) )
  • curleesam
    curleesam Posts: 462 Member
    SOOOO glad you said that! The amount of spelling mistakes I see on here is disgusting!

    eg: lose/loose; exersizing....(WTF) and Calory (Yes I really didi see that one!!)
  • phinners
    phinners Posts: 524 Member
    Some typos are fine though (I'm bound to make a few), it's just major lack of care that makes things so bloody hard to read I feel.
  • Beth720
    Beth720 Posts: 661 Member
    Some typos are fine though (I'm bound to make a few), it's just major lack of care that makes things so bloody hard to read I feel.

    Exactly! Yes there are times when you can figure it out. However, there have been posts on here I have just exited because they were so difficult to understand.
  • phinners
    phinners Posts: 524 Member
    My worst typo is 'because' I tend to type 'becuase'. I annoy myself over it!
  • bzmom
    bzmom Posts: 1,332 Member
    We can blame spell check. LOL!!!!!
  • MissJennaBelle
    MissJennaBelle Posts: 175
    On an informal forum I can't say I give a whoot as long as I can understand the post... I make the odd mistake but don't we all!? Surely, we aren't all perfect! :noway:
  • jenalderman
    jenalderman Posts: 411 Member
    My sentiments exactly! I thought we were all here to support each other! However, If we're looking for something to blame for the degradation of the English language, try reading our children's text messages. Seriously, the entire art of communication is barely hanging on.
  • ZebraHead
    ZebraHead Posts: 15,207 Member
    Eye no IM purfct
  • poisongirl6485
    poisongirl6485 Posts: 1,487 Member
    I <3 this thread.

    Signed,
    Fellow Grammar Nazi
  • phinners
    phinners Posts: 524 Member
    Hell no we're not all perfect, far from it. But my feeling is if someone at least makes an effort to write correctly (silly typos aside), it's a sign of intelligence. I think their opinions may be more respected and carry more weight than anyone who writes 'c u nxt tues m8 yeah 'av a cider n a finger beehind bus shel'er'.

    Some text such as LOL, WTF etc in my book is fine, I use them all the time but I can be understood with what I type. And bugger me, I'm registered as dyslexic, if anyone should be writing twoddle it's me!
  • phinners
    phinners Posts: 524 Member
    My sentiments exactly! I thought we were all here to support each other! However, If we're looking for something to blame for the degradation of the English language, try reading our children's text messages. Seriously, the entire art of communication is barely hanging on.
    My 12 yr old would go without food and drink and shelter for a week if he typed/text like that! And he knows it hehe.
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    lol my 14 yr old niece was chating with me on facebook and she kept saying wut insted of what.When I asked her why she said because it was easier.You know what I hate WhEn PEoPle TyPe LiKe ThIs. wtf
  • marymoonpigUK
    marymoonpigUK Posts: 119
    :ohwell: :yawn:
  • kettlewitch
    kettlewitch Posts: 277 Member
    Yes, it was ironic that I was grammatically incorrect on a grammatical correction thread.

    Now I watched a programme that said Alanis Morrisette's song "ironic" was full of things that weren't actually ironic at all. So 10,000 spoons when all she needed was a knife wasn't ironic. For it to have been ironic, she would have needed to be a spoon maker. Or a general cutlery merchant maybe. Although for all I know, she may well have been big in spoons before her music career. I digress. My point is, for your statement to have been ironic, you would have needed to have been a grammar teacher.which maybe you are. :laugh:

    And I'm not even sure that anything could have made a black fly in her chardonay ironic. That's just annoying.
  • kettlewitch
    kettlewitch Posts: 277 Member
    SOOOO glad you said that! The amount of spelling mistakes I see on here is disgusting!

    eg: lose/loose; exersizing....(WTF) and Calory (Yes I really didi see that one!!)

    But was it supposed to be calorie or celery?
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    Yes, it was ironic that I was grammatically incorrect on a grammatical correction thread.

    Now I watched a programme that said Alanis Morrisette's song "ironic" was full of things that weren't actually ironic at all. So 10,000 spoons when all she needed was a knife wasn't ironic. For it to have been ironic, she would have needed to be a spoon maker. Or a general cutlery merchant maybe. Although for all I know, she may well have been big in spoons before her music career. I digress. My point is, for your statement to have been ironic, you would have needed to have been a grammar teacher.which maybe you are. :laugh:

    And I'm not even sure that anything could have made a black fly in her chardonay ironic. That's just annoying.


    lmao
  • Marla64
    Marla64 Posts: 23,120 Member
    :ohwell: :yawn:

    :laugh:

    Agreed.
  • jrow5
    jrow5 Posts: 35 Member
    Thanks for the laughter on a Monday morning!
  • amydcarlson
    amydcarlson Posts: 136 Member
    lol my 14 yr old niece was chating with me on facebook and she kept saying wut insted of what.When I asked her why she said because it was easier.You know what I hate WhEn PEoPle TyPe LiKe ThIs. wtf

    Holy Crap! ThAt DrIvEs Me FrEaKiNg CrAzY! Not cute, or whimsical....AnNoYiNg!
  • lbissett79
    lbissett79 Posts: 38 Member
    Yes, it was ironic that I was grammatically incorrect on a grammatical correction thread.

    Now I watched a programme that said Alanis Morrisette's song "ironic" was full of things that weren't actually ironic at all. So 10,000 spoons when all she needed was a knife wasn't ironic. For it to have been ironic, she would have needed to be a spoon maker. Or a general cutlery merchant maybe. Although for all I know, she may well have been big in spoons before her music career. I digress. My point is, for your statement to have been ironic, you would have needed to have been a grammar teacher.which maybe you are. :laugh:

    And I'm not even sure that anything could have made a black fly in her chardonay ironic. That's just annoying.


    lmao

    What I put was ironic. Just because you saw a show about a has been musical artist doesn't mean that logic holds true for every statement that claims to be ironic. It is ironic that you are laughing at this...
  • kettlewitch
    kettlewitch Posts: 277 Member
    It would probably be ironic if I was a comedian but I'm not. I'm a miserable accountant. I used to listen to a lot of Alanis until my then bf told me to pack it in because she was making me too angry. And miserable.
  • phinners
    phinners Posts: 524 Member
    She's a bitter and twisted ole *****!
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