Loose V lose

YOU HORRIBLE GRAMMAR NAZI!!! *GASP*

Yes, it is kind of annoying and I have noticed it is a common mishap but I can live through it. Even though it does bug me I can live with the wrong usage of words like "Lose" and "Loose" better than I can live with people making their sentences in shorthand. An example from my Facebook wall; "People gone talk n run they mouth regardless of a situation so if ur w8tn for tha day where I give a d*** u might as well hold ur breath..." <~~~~ That's not even as bad as what I've seen but when I see crap like that it takes me longer to read it than if every word were spelled out properly rather than in shorthand.

I worry about all that weight that people are letting loose.

With it running around free, heaven alone knows where it might end up. I definitely don't want it coming here. I have enough trouble stopping my own from finding its way back home without other peoples getting in on the act too.


Other annoyances are:
To instead of too
Seperate instead of separate
Definate instead of Definite

no doubt others can think of others - I do wish that those other others would spare a thought for others' sensibilities - and as for apostrophic succession, let's just not go there

Hear, hear! (As opposed to here, here - which I was recently subjected to on FB.)

*sneaks in, spies the dead horse, drops the stick next to it, slowly backs away*

That's a pet peeve of mine. It's LOSE, not LOOSE! But I try not to go all grammar-nazi on people.

Oh? Have we had this before?

Ok people, put the words in quotes that you are comparing with each other. "British" should be capitalized.

AND

Aside from this being more rehashed than any other topic on this board with the possible exception of "why are people so negative they should just quit being such *kitten* and agree with me, then I'd think they are positive", I'd note a couple reasons for a wee bit of patience for those you find to be less intelligent than your erudite selves:

Several people here are not native speakers of English. I venture to bet, even with the lack of subject and verb agreement, their English is far superior to your French, or Hindi, or Spanish, or Farsi, or whatever else.

Also, several people here are communicating by way of phone or tablet with ignorant auto-correct and difficult ability to return back to what has already been entered so as to edit before submitting. Also, brace yourself, sometimes people use incomplete sentences on purpose.

But congratulations on noticing other people's ignorance and pointing it out. Or is that something that should be congratulated?

Ok people, put the words in quotes that you are comparing with each other. "British" should be capitalized.

AND

Aside from this being more rehashed than any other topic on this board with the possible exception of "why are people so negative they should just quit being such *kitten* and agree with me, then I'd think they are positive", I'd note a couple reasons for a wee bit of patience for those you find to be less intelligent than your erudite selves:

Several people here are not native speakers of English. I venture to bet, even with the lack of subject and verb agreement, their English is far superior to your French, or Hindi, or Spanish, or Farsi, or whatever else.

Also, several people here are communicating by way of phone or tablet with ignorant auto-correct and difficult ability to return back to what has already been entered so as to edit before submitting. Also, brace yourself, sometimes people use incomplete sentences on purpose.

But congratulations on noticing other people's ignorance and pointing it out. Or is that something that should be congratulated?

Who brought that high horse in here?

My son carries a marker pen and a Tippex - and he's not afraid to use it!

Beware any green grocers with "New Potato's"

Yea I see this a lot and it drive me bananas but I don't want to be that guy on the internet so I let it slide.

Our Jiffy Lube has a sign up that reads:

Your looking at the sign of quality.

NO. I am looking at bad grammar.

At the risk of sounding like a condescending grammar Nazi ...

I wasn't aware that The Third Reich had a policy on grammar.

Hugh looks like he's been around a while, so I'm going to assume he was feigning ignorance of the point of a Style Manual for the purpose of wit with regard to the metaphorical horse. I'm assuming anyone bold enough to criticize someone else's use of written language is familiar with a Style Manual, at least from college. APA is one. There is a Chicago Manual of Style, etc. They provide the agreed upon rules for written work--from term papers to newspaper reporting.

Which really does beg the point: do we need to follow formal rules of written language in a forum like this? Or is it enough to get the point across in a casual, informal community like this. I'd vote for the latter. I'd hate for us to have to remember which numbers must be spelled out and which may use numerals when we're talking about such gravely important subjects as whether men like women with muscles or not.

Who brought that high horse in here?

Seriously? This thread has been unbearably high, yet dead, horse from post one. And a person who is going to position himself or herself as the arbiter of what is or is not ignorant may want to get their APA style manuals out before criticizing.

Yes but getting annoyed at people is a fundamental human right. If some dog took a dump on your doorstep would you not get annoyed because some people are ignorant of the fact that it is wrong to do that? I should also say that this thread is only a light hearted gripe forum as opposed to a demand for public executions of people who can't use apostrophes.

As an example, I'm annoyed at you for using the American form of criticise and also daring to mention the APA style manual.

Shhhhaaammmmmeee

Those so bold as to correct others may be well advised to thicken their skin for the inevitable criticism they will earn.

Hugh looks like he's been around a while, so I'm going to assume he was feigning ignorance of the point of a Style Manual for the purpose of wit with regard to the metaphorical horse. I'm assuming anyone bold enough to criticize someone else's use of written language is familiar with a Style Manual, at least from college. APA is one. There is a Chicago Manual of Style, etc. They provide the agreed upon rules for written work--from term papers to newspaper reporting.

Which really does beg the point: do we need to follow formal rules of written language in a forum like this? Or is it enough to get the point across in a casual, informal community like this. I'd vote for the latter. I'd hate for us to have to remember which numbers must be spelled out and which may use numerals when we're talking about such gravely important subjects as whether men like women with muscles or not.

1. I have been around the globe "a while" - but not MFP
2. I have no idea what an "APA" is let alone an "APA style manual" - my degree is in dental surgery
3. Using the correct word and not a totally different spelling of a word with a completely disparate meaning is NOT, in my opinion, following "formal rules of written language" [sic]. It merely displays ignorance - which may,of course, be the the result of poor education rather than lack of intelligence or care.
4. I prefer women to have some muscles as I am too old to be trying to pick them up.
5. I am not aware of anyone starting a thread on whether men like women with muscles.

Best wishes


PS why don't Americans write 'criticism' with a Zed? (i.e. 'criticizm') - Oh? because it would look silly, I suppose