We're LOSING weight--not LOOSING IT!

hahaha.. Thanks! I always get those two confused :laugh:

Thank you for saying this again. I know people complain about being corrected, but seeing loose substituted for lose by SO MANY people is annoying.

THANK YOU!!!!

GOD this drives me insane...and it takes a huge effort on my part not to go into threads where I see this and ask: "ENGLISH MOTHER@#$^#$!! DO YOU SPEAK IT?!" :-P


As a former English teacher of mine would say: every time you spell it wrong, a dolphin gets run over by a jet ski.

Just remember you have to LOSE before your clothes get LOOSE!

I have learned to slide over these words.............we can't educate everyone and this site is to encourage people, not to be critical. Folks like to be able to express themselves and should not get flack for it!! Have a great day everyone!!!

GOD this drives me insane...and it takes a huge effort on my part not to go into threads where I see this and ask: "ENGLISH MOTHER@#$^#$!! DO YOU SPEAK IT?!" :-P

Speaking a language and writing a language are very different abilities. All children (except under rare deprivation or abusive circumstances) acquire the language to which they are exposed. Not everyone learns to read or write a language. In fact, there are a HUGE number of languages in the world with no writing system whatsoever. And yes, from a grammatical standpoint, those languages are as complex and expressive as all written languages.

I try to spell things according to standard spelling conventions (I am usually a meticulous person and I also have a BA in English). However, I am also finishing up a PhD in linguistics, so I feel the need to say a bit. Not everyone cares about spelling conventions. While that might say something about their formal education level or their attention to detail, it most likely does not say anything about their intelligence or their ability to speak English. That is an (incredible!) ability they would have acquired (to nearly an adult level!) before ever entering formal schooling.

Not that anyone cares. Carry on with your already in progress spelling rants....

I am not trying to be mean, but as an English teacher and lover of language, I can't take it anymore. I've seen this issue addressed on here before, but it just isn't getting through. Please, please, please people--you are not trying to LOOSE weight! Loose is the opposite of tight. So if you LOSE weight, your pants will become more LOOSE.

You can't take it anymore? It just isnt' getting through? Oh my, what will the world come to.
Have you ever thought that most people on here don't have an education like yourself? Most people scan over the words because we know what their meaning is.. Or is it there or they're.. :noway:

This is a quote from another thread that was about the same thing. Thanks spob.

People are entitled to be wrong! Please do not turn this into a site for perfectionists. It is more important that people have their say in a non judgemental atmosphere. I see these errors and I know what the writer intended sometimes it is easier than other times. Improper grammar, syntax and or improper word use may be disturbing to those with more education or knowledge but with all due respect please take your red pen some where else. People are here to lose (or loose weight ) not to be told they can not spell! I am not trying to be mean but I would hate to think that any one would clam up out of fear that they used the wrong word when celebrating something that makes them feel good about themselves. We are not hosting a Mensa meeting here. We are sharing. Sometimes it is ugly. No one is here for English lessons, we are here to rally one another!

Hahaha! I'm exactly the same - I thought I was the only one!!!

When I see "loosing" it always makes me want to get a big red pen, cross it out and write "LOSING - ONE 'O'!"

I also can't stand incorrect use of apostrophes. You know when you read, "here are my photo's".

You don't need an apostrophe - it's just a plural!

If we don't fight to keep our language standardized, communication--the thing we are doing here--suffers.

This is a commonly held belief. However, I don't think it is borne out when you look at the history of every standardized written language out there. The fact that you understand what someone is communicating when they use "loose" instead of "lose" shows that communication can still take place. I am not meaning to imply that a written standard serves no purpose, I just don't think it's purpose is quite what everyone thinks it is. It certainly DOES serve as a sort of "linguistic gatekeeper" and marker of socio-economic and educational status, though.

OK I am not gonna lie lol yes it is one of my my pet hates but ... We are all here for the same reason TO LOSE WEIGHT and to give each other SUPPORT :drinker:

Crumbs I am NOT going to avoid a thread just because of how something is spelt ... let's look at the bigger picture here, to give and receive the support we all need

We are not in school here so why the lessons :flowerforyou:

it actually doesn't bother me that some people make mistakes in typing, but it bothers me when i'm trying to read because, for me, when i read, i'm hearing the word in my head. so when i see the word "loose" it gives me the soft "s" and it throws off my reading pattern.

it would be a lot less bothersome if it were an uncommon word; and being also a lover of language and having studied linguistics and cultural anthropology, i totally get that language is always totally in flux and changes generation from generation, even if only slightly.

but as this is a site about "losing" weight, not "loosing" weight, this one particular mark should be noted. and in the end it doesn't matter because for every one person that corrects it, another incorrect usage will be in its place.

i know that sometimes people get irritated that i don't capitalize; i try to make up for it in punctuation. so i'm not really complaining about it, but it does make me crazy when i pronounce the soft s in my head.

I've seen it so often it throws me when people write it the correct way. I end up reading it wrong in my head. haha

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As a former English teacher of mine would say: every time you spell it wrong, a dolphin gets run over by a jet ski.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

All this loosening of spelling standards could make me lose it. There is no doubt that they're out there--the language police, of which I am one--with their attention to detail.:noway: :noway: :noway: Okay, does that about cover it?:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Seriously, it makes my eye skip for a moment during reading, but I have learned to overlook it. :flowerforyou: I try to remember why we are all here. And I also try to remember that losing one's waistline doesn't mean losing one's civility in the process.

There is nothing wrong with any kind of self improvement --- even the spelling kind! I think your comment worked. I've seen fewer mix ups since this was posted.