LOSE weight for LOOSE clothes

rosebarnalice
rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
edited November 30 in Health and Weight Loss
AAAAAAAARGH!!! The former copy editor in me can't take it any more!

Please note that "LOSE" or "LOSING" is what one does to weigh less.

"LOOSE" is what your clothes are after you LOSE; and "LOOSING" is what one does with gorgons and hounds.

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  • endlessfall16
    endlessfall16 Posts: 932 Member
    hehehe I have long made peace with it. :)
  • GMAC2016
    GMAC2016 Posts: 249 Member
    Thank you. I will remember that when I lose wait and way less.
  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
    GMAC2016 wrote: »
    Thank you. I will remember that when I lose wait and way less.

    Nicely played.
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    Good luck on your gurney.
  • janjunie
    janjunie Posts: 1,200 Member
    edited April 2016
    Last time I corrected ( in a very nice way) someone's use of lose vs loose I got a warning.....eeeep I hope I don't get a warning now for talking about getting a warning
  • scolaris
    scolaris Posts: 2,145 Member
    Oh honey I defiantly hear you
    Cackle cackle
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
    Beating a dead horse, yo.
  • janjunie
    janjunie Posts: 1,200 Member
    GMAC2016 wrote: »
    Thank you. I will remember that when I lose wait and way less.

    Lol love it.
  • rawley69
    rawley69 Posts: 49 Member
    If your clothes get too loose, you'll lose those too.
  • keepupwithjack
    keepupwithjack Posts: 44 Member
    Thank you! This grammar mistake drives me nuts.

    Sine I have the grammar mic for the moment, using an apostrophe with a plural is incorrect. It's not "apple's". It's "apples".
  • Quinn_Baker
    Quinn_Baker Posts: 292 Member
    Thank you.
    People can make fun all they want, but one looks ridiculous when he or she types "I really need to loose some more weight."
  • quatermore
    quatermore Posts: 94 Member
    So glad this has been said once again.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    I understand your pain.
    People will still type loose instead of lose. Sometimes they will mispell the same word two different ways in the same post.
  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
    keepupwithjack wrote: »
    Thank you! This grammar mistake drives me nuts.

    Sine I have the grammar mic for the moment, using an apostrophe with a plural is incorrect. It's not "apple's". It's "apples".

    I have come to the disturbing conclusion that in my lifetime the apostrophe has become the first entirely aesthetic punctuation mark. I honestly believe that people stick them in where they think the look pretty.

  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    Chillax.
    Lots of are people here from various cultures and countries, many of whom are communicating in their second language.
  • Mavrick_RN
    Mavrick_RN Posts: 439 Member
    rosebarnalice wrote: »
    AAAAAAAARGH!!! The former copy editor in me can't take it any more!

    Please note that "LOSE" or "LOSING" is what one does to weigh less.

    "LOOSE" is what your clothes are after you LOSE; and "LOOSING" is what one does with gorgons and hounds.

    I LOVE YOU.

    And yes, I was yelling to my computer.

    I totally get the occasional typo, but seriously, on a weight loss site not to know how to spell lose????? I don't even open those threads anymore.
  • Mavrick_RN
    Mavrick_RN Posts: 439 Member
    rosebarnalice wrote: »
    GMAC2016 wrote: »
    Thank you. I will remember that when I lose wait and way less.

    Nicely played.

    Ditto
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Gee, this subject has never come up before.

    There are people here communicating in their third or fourth language. There are people here with learning or visual disabilities. There are people here communicating from mobile devices or using talk to text technology. And there are people here who just don't care when communicating in an informal setting like an online forum. It's really not a big deal.

    http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a43468/stop-pointing-out-typos/

    https://paintingthegreyarea.wordpress.com/2012/11/26/literacy-privilege/
  • CooCooPuff
    CooCooPuff Posts: 4,374 Member
    Ninkyou wrote: »
    Good luck on your gurney.
    I don't know why I'm laughing at this as hard as I am.

  • stephanieluvspb
    stephanieluvspb Posts: 997 Member
    Does it really bother you this much??
  • Glampinupdoll
    Glampinupdoll Posts: 234 Member
    Bless
  • IdLikeToLoseItLoseIt
    IdLikeToLoseItLoseIt Posts: 695 Member
    The English language is full of bizarre and paradoxical pronunciations. This is a weight loss, fitness, and health platform where the word "lose" shows up often.

    lose > rhymes with > booze, snooze, cruise
    loose > rhymes with > moose, goose

    "Lose" is a terrible word! The pronunciation isn't intuitive. Contrast "lose vs. loose" with "choose vs. chose."

    choose > rhymes with > booze, snooze, cruise
    chose > rhymes with > rose, nose, hose

    When I chose to lose weight, it was suggested I choose salad over fries, which eventually led to loose pants.

    Read that 10 times fast! :D
  • Quarkles
    Quarkles Posts: 69 Member
    See also: weighted.
  • emilycat214
    emilycat214 Posts: 84 Member
    rosebarnalice wrote: »
    AAAAAAAARGH!!! The former copy editor in me can't take it any more!

    Please note that "LOSE" or "LOSING" is what one does to weigh less.

    "LOOSE" is what your clothes are after you LOSE; and "LOOSING" is what one does with gorgons and hounds.

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