A little spelling help

katejkelley
katejkelley Posts: 839 Member
in Chit-Chat
I read a lot of posts and noticed one word choice error that pops up more than most: lose versus loose. Just remember this: I lose weight so my pants will be loose. That should help the confusion. :flowerforyou:

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  • mommycline
    mommycline Posts: 106 Member
    Nice :D
  • Dub_D
    Dub_D Posts: 1,760 Member
    STAHP!
  • corn63
    corn63 Posts: 1,580 Member
    End the world, that extra 'o' is, isn't it?
  • n0ob
    n0ob Posts: 2,390 Member
    sometimes those are just typos...
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    End the world, that extra 'o' is, isn't it?

    Shutup Coorn.
  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
    lose the girl, she's loose
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    lose the girl, she's loose

    bwaahhaha
  • QTRARO
    QTRARO Posts: 75 Member
    hah that caught me out the other day, well I had to stop and think about it. lose or loose.

    Argh the english language is crazy.
  • Cranktastic
    Cranktastic Posts: 1,517 Member
    I do what I want.
  • DoingItForME724
    DoingItForME724 Posts: 130 Member
    tough crowd...
  • BritneysStuntDouble
    BritneysStuntDouble Posts: 849 Member
    Well, aisle bee damned.
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member
    FIND the girl, she's loose
    Fixed that for you.
  • WilmaChris
    WilmaChris Posts: 38
    I read a lot of posts and noticed one word choice error that pops up more than most: lose versus loose. Just remember this: I lose weight so my pants will be loose. That should help the confusion. :flowerforyou:

    Good one :) spelling errors are one of my pet peeves. I just read somebody's post about stalking stuffers...really!?
  • Cranktastic
    Cranktastic Posts: 1,517 Member
    FIND the girl, she's loose
    Fixed that for you.

    clever.
  • suckerlove
    suckerlove Posts: 198
    Your post makes me smile!
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    OP:

    Ommmmm....

    ...you're gonna get in trouble! You're gonna get in trouble! You're gonna get in trouble! You're gonna get in trouble! You're gonna get in trouble! You're gonna get in trouble! You're gonna get in trouble! You're gonna get in trouble!
  • Siege_Tank
    Siege_Tank Posts: 781 Member
    NOT ANOTHER ONE OF THESE THREADS!!

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  • kiraleilani
    kiraleilani Posts: 124 Member
    You're probably going to get a lot of snarky comments from people, but I just wanted to say (as an official card-carrying Grammar Police member myself) that I LOVED this post :)
  • Nighthawk4
    Nighthawk4 Posts: 77 Member
    The one that gets to me is where the word your is confused with you're.
    The first one means something belonging to you and the second means 'you are'. :happy:
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    Thank you for fixing this.
  • surromom2010
    surromom2010 Posts: 457 Member
    can we add waist and waste to the list please?
  • SofaKingRad_
    SofaKingRad_ Posts: 276
    I'm very relieved that someone finally brought this up in here. I have been wanting to bring it up for some time but was afraid that since no one has brought it up before I'd be MFP shunned. Thank you!
  • BritneysStuntDouble
    BritneysStuntDouble Posts: 849 Member
    The one that gets to me is where the word your is confused with you're.
    The first one means something belonging to you and the second means 'you are'. :happy:
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  • tashjs21
    tashjs21 Posts: 4,584 Member
    It is a loosing battle. :flowerforyou:
  • _SusieQ_
    _SusieQ_ Posts: 2,964 Member
    Technically it's not a spelling error. Loose is spelled correctly. It is simply the wrong usage of the word in this context.

    That should help the confusion. :flowerforyou:
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    can we add waist and waste to the list please?

    Hey, remember that time there was a thread about someone's waste getting bigger. Yeah, that was funny. :laugh:

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