just thought everyone should know before they post a thread

Schwiggity

Lose:
-verb
1.
to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
2.
to fail inadvertently to retain (something) in such a way that it cannot be immediately recovered: I just lost a dime under this sofa.
3.
to suffer the deprivation of: to lose one's job; to lose one's life.


Loose:

–adjective
1.
free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
2.
free from anything that binds or restrains; unfettered: loose cats prowling around in alleyways at night.
3.
uncombined, as a chemical element.

Jorra

This is helpful. I don't want my weight to be loose and running free like alley cats!

velvetkat

amen!

Heather75

Huh? I'm jest trien to loose wait.

kr3851

Your totally right.

And by Your I mean You're. Another pet peeve of mine...

maryd523

Haha, that's great. I always get so annoyed when people use "loose" for "lose", and it happens ALL THE TIME (as you obviously have noticed as well.)

You don't "loose" weight....you LOSE it, people.

mialsya

THANK YOU!!! I hate being the grammar police.

frugalmomsrock

uh oh. The last thread like this got deleted.

Larius

I haven't lost any weight. I removed it. I know exactly where it went - my metabolic processes.

babs23

well... it's the internet. people misspell stuff when they post online. ignore capitalization, even!

dcerna62

I don't want to lose weight. I want to get rid of it. If I lose it, someday I'm sure I'll find it.

aa1440

Funny but, some people hate the Grammar Police.

r3451

Perfect. The advanced version of this post should address "plato" v. "plateau."

rharris86dc

LOL, my favourite:

"In order to loose wait, should I eat back my calories?"

PLEASE read the sticky threads, or at least search your question first!!!!! And use proper grammar, that would also be appreciated.

PaulaJKelly

If I let my weight loose will it go be free. and far away from me? :laugh:

Jorra

Perfect. The advanced version of this post should address "plato" v. "plateau."

Let's not get philosophical here.

Schwiggity

uh oh. The last thread like this got deleted.

Based on? I'm not making any direct attacks.

deeharley

It's official, the next time I post a thread, I'm using "loose." It drives me nuts that people get so hung up on something so minor.

Schwiggity

It's official, the next time I post a thread, I'm using "loose." It drives me nuts that people get so hung up on something so minor.

It drives me nuts that my minor hang-ups drive you nuts.

choughton01

Lose:
-verb
1.
to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
2.
to fail inadvertently to retain (something) in such a way that it cannot be immediately recovered: I just lost a dime under this sofa.
3.
to suffer the deprivation of: to lose one's job; to lose one's life.


Loose:

–adjective
1.
free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
2.
free from anything that binds or restrains; unfettered: loose cats prowling around in alleyways at night.
3.
uncombined, as a chemical element.

lol

MrsCon40

Perfect. The advanced version of this post should address "plato" v. "plateau."

Let's not get philosophical here.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA

Pebble321

I love the definition of lose as in "without likelihood of recovery". That's what I want for my excess weight this time around, not just misplaced like on previous attempts where I found it again.

May I add, Schwiggity, that you are looking fabulous - I bet you have lots of LOOSE pants now you have worked so hard to LOSE weight

runningfromzombies

It's official, the next time I post a thread, I'm using "loose." It drives me nuts that people get so hung up on something so minor.

It's not minor when it inhibits you from understanding what the person is trying to say.

I'm forgiving if it's the only, or one of the few, misspellings in the post. But if it's among a slew of other hastily-concocted grammar and imaginative letters strung together...I don't like having to sound everything out just to understand what's being written in the post.

Communication, believe it or not, is rather integral to human interaction. We have big brains for a reason. Use them wisely.

swaj

you will never be able to stop people from misusing "loose"... folks have been trying for ages, lol:bigsmile:

Schwiggity

you will never be able to stop people from misusing "loose"... folks have been trying for ages, lol:bigsmile:

I feel special that you made this your first post.

Swimgoddess

It irks the hell out of me when people can't spell or confuse homophones. If they're careless or ignorant with simply how they present themselves online, it leads me to believe that they're the same way with other areas of their lives.

God forbid you point it out though, because for some reason they believe that below average intelligence and poor spelling/grammar are mutually exclusive.

Yes, I realize I'm not perfect (I'm overly liberal with punctuation) and online communication lends itself to a certain level of informality, but Jesus H Christ! when my eyes start to glaze over halfway through a post because the errors are so distracting, you lose me.

Gigi_licious

Haha! Awesome! Love it!! That makes me crazy!!! Dictionary.com people because its NOT a good thing to be calling yourself loose!

mommared53

Oh dear. Here we go again. :ohwell:

NewVonnie

Huh? I'm jest trien to loose wait.

I just almost woke everyone up LOL

brittanyscherich

thank you! If only there was some kind of book where people could look up the spelling and definition of words... LOL

CuteAndCurvy83

I guess I'm just odd in the fact that poorly spelled words don't really bother me, as long as I understand what they are trying to say I really don't care how they spell it. If someone says "by the time I was 15 I was fat and now I need to loose some weight" I understand perfectly what they are trying to communicate, what bugs me is when someone says something like this....

"bie da tiem I waz lyke 5ifteen I waz fayt n now i ned toooo looose sum wate"

otherwise general spelling errors are something that I notice but don't really care about. (maybe it's cause I know I suck at spelling a grammar myself.)