You lose things. Not loose them.

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  • foxro
    foxro Posts: 793 Member
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    Dr. Who or Physician Who ???
  • DostThouEven
    DostThouEven Posts: 148
    Pardon me while I loose a flurry of don't give a f...




















    ok i really do
  • macaya5
    macaya5 Posts: 75
    Loose the grammar nazis!

    Yes, loose. Not lose.

    *snicker*
  • clydethecat
    clydethecat Posts: 1,087 Member
    maybe i'm off base, but i know from the guys i work with, this may be an issue of phonetic spelling. the "o" in lose sounds like "u",
    we are taught that two o's sound like u, hence loose instead of lose.

    not sure if this is the issue with everyone, but in my office, all my route guys make this mistake.
  • UrbanLotus
    UrbanLotus Posts: 1,163 Member
    People shouldn't be spelling phonetically - English doesn't lend itself to that. Gotta learn the words!

    Your/you're is the one I hate most, especially "your welcome" - really??? How have you not seen this phrase written out often enough to know it is YOU'RE!
  • DostThouEven
    DostThouEven Posts: 148
    homophones is tough bidness
  • pinkraynedropjacki
    pinkraynedropjacki Posts: 3,027 Member
    Spell check?
    Just saying...

    Spell check? Why? It's not the wrong spelling at all. Spell check is NOT going to tell you that you used the wrong word.

    Just sayin'
  • ShaniWulffe
    ShaniWulffe Posts: 458 Member
    THANK YOU
  • GlassslippersAndFairyDust
    GlassslippersAndFairyDust Posts: 518 Member
    I lost a lotta loose change to a loose loser.

    eff dat ho.

    Bahahaha! I swear it's like EVERYONE on earth forgot how to spell "lose"! I see it everywhere. Drives me nuts. That and the wrong use of words like their, there and they're. sigh...

    They also don't know how to spell definitely........it definitely is not definately
  • JUDDDing
    JUDDDing Posts: 1,367 Member
    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loose

    Loose is also a verb.

    <snip>
    loose verb \ˈlüs\
    loosed loos·ing
    Definition of LOOSE

    transitive verb

    1
    a : to let loose (see loose): release
    b : to free from restraint

    2
    : to make loose : untie <loose a knot>

    3
    : to cast loose : detach

    4
    : to let fly : discharge

    5
    : to make less rigid, tight, or strict : relax

    intransitive verb
    : to let fly a missile (as an arrow) : fire

    Examples of LOOSE

    The soldiers loosed a volley of rifle fire.

    the archers loosed a great volley of arrows at the foot soldiers charging towards them
    </snip>
  • BondBomb
    BondBomb Posts: 1,781 Member
    I received a friend request with "loose weight" and "your awesome". While I appreciated the sentiment, I denied for the requester's own good. I admit I overuse apostrophes and ellipses.
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
    Spell check?
    Just saying...

    Spell check? Why? It's not the wrong spelling at all. Spell check is NOT going to tell you that you used the wrong word.

    Just sayin'

    I already addressed this in an earlier post.
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
    Apostrophe Abuse?

    Clearly, this topic needs its own thread.

    ^Capitalization abuse.

    What about if its a title or disease or forum category?
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    Your really pressing it with this one, and and you're weight lift avatar is cool. Ha! see what I did there I'm so cleaver! Again! Damn I'm on fire!
  • ScatteredThoughts
    ScatteredThoughts Posts: 3,562 Member
    I received a friend request with "loose weight" and "your awesome". While I appreciated the sentiment, I denied for the requester's own good. I admit I overuse apostrophes and ellipses.

    Yet another reason to strive for proper use of the English language. I would have been so ashamed if you had turned down my FR because of poor punctuation and spelling :)
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
    How about "a" vs. "an" before a noun or "who" vs. "whom"?

    Do you use a comma after the last noun (adjective, verb, etc.) and before the "and" in a list?

    I'm sure my participles are dangling.

    Oh where are my taskmaster catholic nuns when I need them?:sad:

    Or is it Catholic?
  • lovelee79
    lovelee79 Posts: 362
    Maybe if we keep this post "bumped" for a good month or two, people will start spelling it right.

    Actually it's not a spelling issue. Loose and lose are both correctly spelled. It's a usage or grammar issue.

    ^this
    They're completely different words with different meanings.

    Drives me crazy too when I see people on a WEIGHT LOSS site say they want to "LOOSE weight" ! AND it's not just one or two people on here, it's thousands! very sad!
  • NobodyInParticular
    NobodyInParticular Posts: 352 Member
    They're, there, their, everything will be fine
  • CoderGal
    CoderGal Posts: 6,800 Member
    I received a friend request with "loose weight" and "your awesome". While I appreciated the sentiment, I denied for the requester's own good. I admit I overuse apostrophes and ellipses.

    Yet another reason to strive for proper use of the English language. I would have been so ashamed if you had turned down my FR because of poor punctuation and spelling :)
    'by me 2 ain't nuttin' worse den some big ol spealin' n grammer mis-steaks. Even dough pointin' out udders spealin' is against the rules:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/welcome/guidelines
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    1. No Attacks or Insults and No Reciprocation

    a) Do not attack, mock, or otherwise insult others. You can respectfully disagree with the message or topic, but you cannot attack the messenger. This includes attacks against the user’s spelling or command of written English, or belittling a user for posting a duplicate topic.
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
    They're, there, their, everything will be fine

    Sniff, sniff... are you shure?:cry:
  • wikitbikit
    wikitbikit Posts: 518 Member
    Hey man, maybe YOU lose things. I merely put them in really good places.



    I don't let things like this bother me anymore. I merely sit here at my computer, all alone and perfect, silently judging, feeling all superior and shiz when people make dumb errors that make them look dumb. Because people are often dumb.

    And it's ok.
  • chunkydunk714
    chunkydunk714 Posts: 784 Member
    Loose the grammar nazis!

    Yes, loose. Not lose.

    I second this
  • IrishHarpy1
    IrishHarpy1 Posts: 399 Member
    Maybe if we keep this post "bumped" for a good month or two, people will start spelling it right.

    Yes, because the first 3,795,297,324 threads like this one haven't had any effect yet. Once more should do it, I think.

    There is nothing wrong with the spelling, just the usage. But yes, you can "loose" things -- like loosing The Grammar Nazis among those who are here to lose weight. Or those who are loosing their fat into the wild, for that matter.

    There are far better battles to fight here, such as the need to abolish PB2 from the face of the Earth, or the prevention of any thread that involves the need to "rate" people. "OMG - I'm so insecure about how I look (but PLEASE someone respond to tell me how HAWT I am!!!)!"
  • chunkydunk714
    chunkydunk714 Posts: 784 Member
    owat eaver. Eye steal cane camunicate weeth bad spealling

    I cdnoult blveiee taht i cluod aulacity uesdnatnrd waht i was rdgnieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to rsceearch at Cmabrigde Uinervisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
    The reset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lterter by istelf, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig eh? And I awlyas tohghut slpeling was imporantt…! And for thsoe of you wtih mroe tmie tahn ohrets, you wlli ntocie taht not olny are msot of the wrosd a mses but smoe of tehm are cpmlpoetley msiseplt awslel…!


    IN BEFORE THE LOCK!

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    love this!!! we know what people are trying to say so why get all hot n bothered about spelling or grammar? personally, I have better things to worry about.....like my health
  • cathyfowler662
    cathyfowler662 Posts: 120 Member
    I have a friend at work who always says..."I stood at home" or "the kids stood at home". It took me a long time to realize that she meant STAYED at home. It bugs the crap out of me when people don't use the correct words.
  • SOOZIE429
    SOOZIE429 Posts: 638 Member
    I have a friend at work who always says..."I stood at home" or "the kids stood at home". It took me a long time to realize that she meant STAYED at home. It bugs the crap out of me when people don't use the correct words.

    Wow! That's a new one on me. Never heard that.

    And yes, OP, that drives me up the wall. Totally with you.
  • MizVandyk
    MizVandyk Posts: 602 Member
    you cant loose but you can be loose :bigsmile:
  • Rixx31
    Rixx31 Posts: 220 Member
    In public, you can get away with loose pants. But if you lose them, may get you arrested.

    On the subject of punctuation, I like this example I found ;)

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  • NormInv
    NormInv Posts: 3,303 Member
    What a lose woman eh!
  • TheLuSir
    TheLuSir Posts: 1,674 Member
    In class last night we had an argument on how to spell the contraction of "you all".

    Some said "Ya ' ll"
    I said "Y ' all"

    They were dead set on being right...
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