"Loosing" vs. "Losing" - read & save my sanity!

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  • Fubar_Bill
    Fubar_Bill Posts: 120 Member
    Sad thing is that you can't even call it laziness when the person is typing extra letters.

    Text shorthand drives me nuts BTW (lol) *quick smack to the forehead*

    Arghhh.

    You have got to wonder if you are still right if everybody else is wrong?

    :tongue:
  • invisibubble
    invisibubble Posts: 662 Member
    Also a quiet grammar Nazi. Also dislike text speak. And LOLcat speak other than on LOLcats. Language is a tool and tools should be utilized properly or not wielded at all. If I ever make an error, I like to know about it.
    However, I do like made-up words.
    I don't like the way language seems to be "evolving" as certain professors of language have stated that text speak is an indicator of what is to become of the English language; to me this seems to encourage laziness and error. What's the point of education if we don't actually learn? I'm all for moving forward but lines have to be drawn.
  • LethaSue
    LethaSue Posts: 285 Member
    Sometimes I think we might as well just give up the english language all together and learn to speak spanish. I only say this because it is almost a crime where I live in Texas not to speak spanish. The schools discrimanate against kids that don't know it and jobs are reserved for those that can speak spanish. I personally think it should be the other way around.
  • zilchie
    zilchie Posts: 10 Member
    "Loosing" drives me crazy too!
    But so does not knowing the difference between "your" and "you're." I guess that one doesn't bother you.:wink:
  • jcpmoore
    jcpmoore Posts: 796 Member
    Grammar: The difference between knowing your *kitten* and knowing you're *kitten*.

    lmao!
  • RisiM
    RisiM Posts: 180 Member
    The correct spelling of something doesn't 'cost' anything, only a text message can be spelt the 'wrong' way, IMO the school system is to blame for not correcting mistakes
  • jcpmoore
    jcpmoore Posts: 796 Member
    I have to confess, the "loosing" vs "losing" does bug the living daylights out of me. I'm a professional technical writer and editor. It's really hard for me not to notice things like that in a post. There are a ton of other grammar issues that irritate me as well. But you know what? It's a message board. So I just suck it up and ignore it. It's not the time or place to correct that sort of thing. If I tried to do that here I'd have time for nothing else. Not to mention I'd get flamed back constantly! If something is written so poorly that I can't understand it, that's different. Then I just stop reading it and move on to something else.

    Otherwise, my way of dealing with it is to simply not try at all to keep my own grammar in line. I hope I've succeed in failing in this post, too. :)
  • Bronx_Montgomery
    Bronx_Montgomery Posts: 2,284 Member
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  • Novikay
    Novikay Posts: 62
    They're, there, their.

    Your, you're.

    Then, than.

    General lack of punctuation.

    Text speak.. Except for "lol" as it's a generic happy phrase.

    Lack of capitals at the beginning of sentences, and lack of capitals for words like "I"

    Lack of apostrophes.

    Stationary, stationery.

    Specific, Pacific.

    Bad spelling overall.

    I am a grammar nerd and spend most time correcting people.

    I'm sure there are many, many more!

    I totally agree! I work as an editor, and this stuff drives me nuts!
  • PositivelyFlawed
    PositivelyFlawed Posts: 316 Member
    money is already plural. it is a plural noun.

    one would not say "I have 1 money." or "I have 2 monies."

    I beg to differ! I know someone who says this all the time, in fact every time she talks about money...
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    Ofc she's my 3 year old :) It's only cute when you're a toddler folks! Lol.

    That being said I try not to grammar police the internet. I am very well read and excellent with grammar, spelling etc. However, online, at times, I do just splurt (that's right, i said splurt) out some kind of post with not a care as to whether it's grammatically sound lol. In a rush I have been known to say there when I meant their and also use alot when typing online, but do realize it isn't spelled correctly. It's the internet, not an English mid-term! Just try to make it somewhat understandable and i'm happy! :P
  • LabRat529
    LabRat529 Posts: 1,323 Member
    Sometimes... it's just a typo.

    I know the difference between loosing and losing, they're, their, and there, alot and a lot, and all the other things people that make people grumpy, but my fingers work faster than my brain, sometimes, and their ends up on paper when I mean there and so forth.


    PS. I was going to edit "people that make people grumpy" so that it said "that make people grumpy", but then I thought it was really funny to have a horrid mis-phrasing of words on a thread dedicated to grammar and correct word choice :D
  • mickipedia
    mickipedia Posts: 889 Member
    Sometimes... it's just a typo.

    I know the difference between loosing and losing, they're, their, and there, alot and a lot, and all the other things people that make people grumpy, but my fingers work faster than my brain, sometimes, and their ends up on paper when I mean there and so forth.


    PS. I was going to edit "people that make people grumpy" so that it said "that make people grumpy", but then I thought it was really funny to have a horrid mis-phrasing of words on a thread dedicated to grammar and correct word choice :D

    By the way, "alot" isn't a word unless its spelt "allot" which means to allocate something.

    Couldn't help it after reading through all of this.. Sorry! :laugh:
  • MyFeistyEvolution
    MyFeistyEvolution Posts: 1,014 Member
    Somewhere there is a baby elephant crying..



    Because it's seen this type of thread 345,609,304 times.
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    Somewhere there is a baby elephant crying..



    Because it's seen this type of thread 345,609,304 times.

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  • MyFeistyEvolution
    MyFeistyEvolution Posts: 1,014 Member
    Somewhere there is a baby elephant crying..



    Because it's seen this type of thread 345,609,304 times.

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    Uh....yeah!!!! :indifferent:
  • LabRat529
    LabRat529 Posts: 1,323 Member
    By the way, "alot" isn't a word unless its spelt "allot" which means to allocate something.

    Couldn't help it after reading through all of this.. Sorry! :laugh:

    I'm aware of that, actually :D

    I owe my awarence (is that even a word? It is now :P ) to this wonderful blog: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    Somewhere there is a baby elephant crying..



    Because it's seen this type of thread 345,609,304 times.

    129718617767-U_Mad.gif

    Uh....yeah!!!! :indifferent:

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  • invisibubble
    invisibubble Posts: 662 Member
    By the way, "alot" isn't a word unless its spelt "allot" which means to allocate something.

    Couldn't help it after reading through all of this.. Sorry! :laugh:

    I'm aware of that, actually :D

    I owe my awarence (is that even a word? It is now :P ) to this wonderful blog: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

    I think you wanted "awareness" :wink:
    LOVE Hyperbole and a Half :happy:
  • delilah47
    delilah47 Posts: 1,658
    I also don't get that if people have such a horrid time looking at grammar mistakes, why are they online anyways? People are not perfect like apparently you are. So why bother putting yourself in this situation of looking at the poor grammar. People have different strengths, some good at math, science and yes English. But should never be put down for using the wrong "there" on a online forum or chat area. It's pointless and makes me think people are still blind to seeing people as different and not all the same. Some may have not been able to go to the best schools and get educated for whatever reason due to upbringing and should not be punished for this. Stop judging and thinking you know "their" background on education. May not be their fault entirely.

    Yep, correcting people's huge pet peeve of mine.

    Anyways??? That would be anyway, the original term. Come to think of it, that's another one of my pet peeves.
  • EmilyMae12
    EmilyMae12 Posts: 61 Member
    When people say things like "We hanged out." or "That don't _____"
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