Win or Lose, Tight or Loose

coquetona
coquetona Posts: 185 Member
edited September 28 in Health and Weight Loss
Not normally part of the grammar/spelling police but this one has been bothering me as I have seen it all over the boards the last two days. Proper usage of lose vs loose is in the title. Whew, I feel loads better! Thanks for allowing me to go ahead with my very long rant! ;)
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  • moriaht
    moriaht Posts: 251 Member
    I KNOW! That bugs me more than anything. In fact, I believe that was my facebook status the other week :) Glad to see there are other people out there like me lol!
  • rainunrefined
    rainunrefined Posts: 850 Member
    Oh you know what gets under my skin? When 'then' is used in place of 'than' and vice versa.
  • vsyates
    vsyates Posts: 373 Member
    Yesterday, I noticed this myself while reading through posts! How funny :drinker:
  • chanstriste13
    chanstriste13 Posts: 3,277 Member
    i know what you mean, jellybean!
  • JennsLosing
    JennsLosing Posts: 1,026
    funny you mention this because yesterday my cousin's idiot husband posted a music video you tube *he thinks he can rap* ...well anyways, his song was called "born to lose" but he spelled it loose, even on the beginning of the music video where he put the title up first he spelled it loose....i didnt say anything, i enjoy letting him look like a doofus.
  • katt742
    katt742 Posts: 196 Member
    OMG THANK YOU!! I thought I was the only one who knew how to spell on here!!! lol.
  • 5weeks
    5weeks Posts: 38
    Makes me very very angry every time I see loose in place of lose!:mad: :angry: :explode: :angry: :mad: :grumble:
  • freerange
    freerange Posts: 1,722 Member
    Well than I guess I will of loose some weight. :)
  • fab50G
    fab50G Posts: 384 Member
    Another one....their, there and they're!
  • Lunachic77
    Lunachic77 Posts: 434 Member
    I'm glad you posted this...everytime I come on the boards I see the "lose" vs. "loose" thing and I cringe. Especially when someone is talking about their loss and they mention "loose" many times in one paragraph. I'm not trying to be insensitive but I get frustrated reading the paragraph after that.
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    Another one....their, there and they're!
    Argh! Amen!
  • freerange
    freerange Posts: 1,722 Member
    How about your and you're

    or frank and hotdog, I really hate that one.
  • coquetona
    coquetona Posts: 185 Member
    Haha thanks everyone! Glad I'm not alone! There was a post yesturday where THEIR ;) was a paragraph about how the person wanted to "loose weight" and how long did it take you to "loose weight" and so on. THAN ;) I saw another post with the lose/loose mixup this morning and had to say something about it. haha

    I also saw a note on a box at work yesturday that said "This supplies is not ours, send back."
  • carrieann58
    carrieann58 Posts: 19
    I know drives me crazy! I was at the grocery store the other day and someone had put up an advertisement for Herbal Life or somehting like that and it said "Do you want to LOOSE weight?" What a way to muster up business!!!:noway:
  • Schwiggity
    Schwiggity Posts: 1,449 Member
    "I can't seem to loose weight!" I know me neither. I just seem to be able to lose it, but never loose it.
  • carrieann58
    carrieann58 Posts: 19
    One day on our work supply order I saw Vanilla Envelopes..... HAHA
  • withchaco
    withchaco Posts: 1,026 Member
    Another one for the list: its VS it's

    Its = posessive of it

    It's = contraction of it is
  • katschi
    katschi Posts: 689 Member
    One day on our work supply order I saw Vanilla Envelopes..... HAHA


    mmmmmm ... vanilla envelopes! I had to give those up. :laugh:
  • Daffydilly
    Daffydilly Posts: 29 Member
    Me too! Thanks for putting it out there.
  • Daisy_May
    Daisy_May Posts: 505 Member
    You know what I can't stand?? The spelling police!
    Why do you really care, if you understand what they are saying or askign what do you really care if someone has spelt something wrong? I say get a life!!
  • unaffected
    unaffected Posts: 154

    or frank and hotdog, I really hate that one.


    YES!!!










    :wink:
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
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  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    You know what I can't stand?? The spelling police!
    Why do you really care, if you understand what they are saying or askign what do you really care if someone has spelt something wrong? I say get a life!!

    ^this^
  • rosieef
    rosieef Posts: 57 Member
    You know what I can't stand?? The spelling police!
    Why do you really care, if you understand what they are saying or askign what do you really care if someone has spelt something wrong? I say get a life!!


    Quite often I cannot understand what someone is trying to say because their use of language is so bad. It really does matter.
  • neelia
    neelia Posts: 750 Member
    You know what I can't stand?? The spelling police!
    Why do you really care, if you understand what they are saying or askign what do you really care if someone has spelt something wrong? I say get a life!!


    Quite often I cannot understand what someone is trying to say because their use of language is so bad. It really does matter.

    I agree with this. If you insist on hashing out your opinions, at least include some punctuation in your argument. I can see a few typos, but please learn to accept the fact that "wanted" is not spelled like "wonted".
  • coquetona
    coquetona Posts: 185 Member
    You know what I can't stand?? The spelling police!
    Why do you really care, if you understand what they are saying or askign what do you really care if someone has spelt something wrong? I say get a life!!

    How is it the spelling police when the usage of the word is wrong? Lose and loose is not a spelling issue when the person uses it incorrectly ten times in one paragraph. I actually won't read through an entire post if I have to make guesses of what the person is asking or trying to say.

    This thread was posted in good fun and it was not intended to offend anyone. The differences between your post and my post are huge. It seems as though you are the one that cares and you are actually getting emotional about it. "I say get a life!!" Seriously?? Now that I know I am talking to a 5 year old it is much easier to understand why you can't type, spell or figure out the proper usage of a word.
  • edinphx
    edinphx Posts: 135 Member
    I bet I "way" less than you! haha
  • bmw4deb
    bmw4deb Posts: 1,324 Member
    to,too and two and paragraphs ! just use them OK!! LOL, Done.
  • andyxbear
    andyxbear Posts: 269 Member
    You know what I can't stand?? The spelling police!
    Why do you really care, if you understand what they are saying or askign what do you really care if someone has spelt something wrong? I say get a life!!

    I agree. It annoys me when I see some of the grammar issues, but I get on with my life. I understand that not everyone knows how to use proper grammar. Stop insulting people just because it annoys you. It's petty.
  • andyxbear
    andyxbear Posts: 269 Member
    You know what I can't stand?? The spelling police!
    Why do you really care, if you understand what they are saying or askign what do you really care if someone has spelt something wrong? I say get a life!!

    How is it the spelling police when the usage of the word is wrong? Lose and loose is not a spelling issue when the person uses it incorrectly ten times in one paragraph. I actually won't read through an entire post if I have to make guesses of what the person is asking or trying to say.

    This thread was posted in good fun and it was not intended to offend anyone. The differences between your post and my post are huge. It seems as though you are the one that cares and you are actually getting emotional about it. "I say get a life!!" Seriously?? <b>Now that I know I am talking to a 5 year old it is much easier to understand why you can't type, spell or figure out the proper usage of a word.</b>


    Whether this was posted for fun or to be offensive, I'm pretty sure a lot of the people reading this who use some of the listed misspelled words took offense as you making fun of them. You didn't have to be rude by insulting her and calling her a five year old.
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