LOSE...NOT LOOSE

Muppyooh
Muppyooh Posts: 290 Member
edited November 10 in Introduce Yourself
You want to lose weight. You want your clothes to be loose.
It's been driving me crazy.
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  • RobynMWilson
    RobynMWilson Posts: 1,540 Member
    THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!
  • Aviva92
    Aviva92 Posts: 2,333 Member
    drives me crazy too and it's against the rules to correct grammar on here. lame
  • Aviva92
    Aviva92 Posts: 2,333 Member
    edited January 2015
    also people who confuse weigh for weight. you "weigh" your food. you don't "weight" your food.
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    I notice that a lot here. Not sure if maybe it's peoples auto correct swapping around the words maybe because it's very common here.
  • darktolight
    darktolight Posts: 226
    :smiley:
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling

    Everyone on this forum ought to be required to read that before posting here.
  • kxbrown27
    kxbrown27 Posts: 769 Member
    I gave up this fight years ago.
  • tyandlindsma
    tyandlindsma Posts: 12 Member
    Yay..thank you for posting this!! :)
  • AglaeaC
    AglaeaC Posts: 1,974 Member
    edited January 2015
    Yeah, well, English isn't even my first language but at least I get that one right. I will never comprehend how common it is not to take pride in one's mother tongue, have to use eye bleach here on a daily basis.
  • dramaqueen45
    dramaqueen45 Posts: 1,009 Member
    Yeah well the last time I posted about this very thing it turned into a very hateful posts from others about me being too judgmental and how for some, English might be their second language, or they may be in a hurry when posting from their phones, etc. The post was closed by the admins because it got so bad (although I responded to none of it).

    It still drives me nuts, but I (mostly) just ignore it.
  • manderson27
    manderson27 Posts: 3,510 Member
    Not everyone is educated in the same way. Not everyone has English as their first language. I think it is more important to listen to what is being said or asked. After all none of us are perfect and we all make mistakes.
  • lyfechange2015
    lyfechange2015 Posts: 13
    Spelling is one of those things that really drive me nuts. Especially when I accidentally read it the way they wrote it and I'm sitting there like...what??? I usually try to turn my cheek and ignore it, because I don't want to be a spelling or grammar cop. I know how annoying that can be.
  • _Figgzie_
    _Figgzie_ Posts: 3,506 Member
    spelling is vary importent
  • lyfechange2015
    lyfechange2015 Posts: 13
    ^lmao
  • AglaeaC
    AglaeaC Posts: 1,974 Member
    manderson27 wrote: »
    Not everyone is educated in the same way. Not everyone has English as their first language. I think it is more important to listen to what is being said or asked. After all none of us are perfect and we all make mistakes.

    Actually the absolute basics are a complete and utter mess in many cases where the writer's first language is English. It's unbelievable to me that many foreigners manage to learn the language better in their few years of language classes in school. Obvious typos are one thing but sub-standard spelling is appalling.
  • Ribena145
    Ribena145 Posts: 201 Member
    _Figgzie_ wrote: »
    spelling is vary importent
    glad it's not impotent....

  • M155y647
    M155y647 Posts: 18 Member
    As long as I can understand what is being typed, it doesn't really bother me. Besides, we're all here to motivate each other to lose weight and not to be criticized for grammatical errors. Real ppl are struggling with their weight and health issues, let's focus on that shall we?
  • Deborah105
    Deborah105 Posts: 183 Member
    AglaeaC wrote: »
    Yeah, well, English isn't even my first language but at least I get that one right. I will never comprehend how common it is not to take pride in one's mother tongue, have to use eye bleach here on a daily basis.

    Yes! I actually saw a user name that is something like, "LivingtoLoose." I have to laugh. I would love to see pride in a well-written sentence return.
  • Muppyooh
    Muppyooh Posts: 290 Member
    No judgement here. Just my OCD.
  • Deborah105
    Deborah105 Posts: 183 Member
    manderson27 wrote: »
    Not everyone is educated in the same way. Not everyone has English as their first language. I think it is more important to listen to what is being said or asked. After all none of us are perfect and we all make mistakes.

    Well of course, but why does it, at times, become such a contentious argument? When you know better you can do better.
  • flabassmcgee
    flabassmcgee Posts: 659 Member
    YEP.
  • Madame_Goldbricker
    Madame_Goldbricker Posts: 1,625 Member
    Meh! Topic has been done to death.
    It drives me crazy when people don't use the search function...
  • lmr0528
    lmr0528 Posts: 427 Member
    Most people just don't know proper spelling/grammar anymore.
  • kxbrown27
    kxbrown27 Posts: 769 Member
    lauraripson wrote: »
    Most people just don't know proper spelling/grammar anymore.
    My Grammar passed away when I was 5 so I barely knew her to begin with.
  • Debmal77
    Debmal77 Posts: 4,770 Member
    drives me crazy too!
    denise123177 wrote: »
    You want to lose weight. You want your clothes to be loose.
    It's been driving me crazy.

  • mykaylis
    mykaylis Posts: 320 Member
    yup, makes my eye twitch! i hold back though because i realize some people have learning disabilities (like my husband who is actually REALLY smart but can't spell worth a darn) or english as second language (and really, if you're newly english speaking and you keep seeing these errors, you end up learning them).
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    kxbrown27 wrote: »
    lauraripson wrote: »
    Most people just don't know proper spelling/grammar anymore.
    My Grammar passed away when I was 5 so I barely knew her to begin with.

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  • karyabc
    karyabc Posts: 830 Member
    indeed English is not my first language, must say that lose vs. loose was one of the first lesson i learned in MFP :p . but hey i completely understand your OCD , i speak spanish witch the grammar is ten thousand more complicated than english and when i see something so bad spell i just think dude where did u go to school :s
  • SnuggleSmacks
    SnuggleSmacks Posts: 3,731 Member
    I loose the fat. I set it free to frolic and caper about.
  • Debmal77
    Debmal77 Posts: 4,770 Member
    witch?????? lmao
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