lose vs. loose

carro585
carro585 Posts: 40 Member
edited September 30 in Success Stories
Hey all,

Please excuse me while I put on my nerd glasses and get out my red pencil. I used to be a copy editor, so even though I love reading these success boards, one thing repeatedly gives me the blues. Here we talk so much about losing weight, but many people make an easy mistake when spelling the word "lose"!

Just remember:

We are here to LOSE weight because we want our pants to be LOOSE!

I also find it helpful to remember that the past tense of lose--lost--also has just one "o." You wouldn't say that you "loost" five pounds this month.

Sorry for the random spelling lesson, but I hope it was helpful to at least a few people out there! Best of luck on your journeys. :flowerforyou:
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  • MissyFit08
    MissyFit08 Posts: 274 Member
    hahaha!! :laugh: I loved this!! Lose vs. Loose is my one and only pet peeve on this site.
  • Sugarchef
    Sugarchef Posts: 319 Member
    There, they're and their. Grrrr!
  • TromaRon
    TromaRon Posts: 228 Member
    Haha, I can identify with that. The one that drives me crazy is "then" vs "than". I swear people get it wrong more often than right.
  • skinnyme125
    skinnyme125 Posts: 396 Member
    Thank you very much. I am not a good speller at all. Any help is welcome. :)
  • omid990
    omid990 Posts: 785 Member
    your and you're mistakes make me wish evil things upon kittens
  • ssmith47
    ssmith47 Posts: 15 Member
    How funny, I have often thought the same while reading success stories. Glad you pointed this out! Lol
  • Erindipitous
    Erindipitous Posts: 1,234 Member
    hahaha!! :laugh: I loved this!! Lose vs. Loose is my one and only pet peeve on this site.

    YES!! I completely agree.. Irks me to death,
  • taem
    taem Posts: 495 Member
    So loose with your tongue! Lose that attitude!
  • Reisse62
    Reisse62 Posts: 71 Member
    Some people add comments via smart phone(no spell-check). Don't forget auto-fill has jacked up a perfectly reasonable sentence:wink:
  • AZTrailRunner
    AZTrailRunner Posts: 1,199 Member
    just remember
    > "loose moose", and you'll be fine. :smile:
  • squishyjenn
    squishyjenn Posts: 245 Member
    Omg thanks soooo much. It irks me every time I see it too! I also hate the your/you're and their/they're/there. I'm a total grammar nazi!
  • abeautifulmess
    abeautifulmess Posts: 37 Member
    Amen!
  • fastbelly
    fastbelly Posts: 727 Member
    Typical Copy editor!!! :laugh:
  • noelheart
    noelheart Posts: 60
    well, good article
  • abeautifulmess
    abeautifulmess Posts: 37 Member
    -double post- oops
  • clioandboy
    clioandboy Posts: 963 Member
    Ha I thought it was an Americanism as with your C25K programme etcetera!
  • AmberCHM
    AmberCHM Posts: 425 Member
    Amen!
    Also, than/then, to/too, there/their/they're... There are so many more!!
  • annabellio
    annabellio Posts: 127 Member
    LOL my pet peeves - lose vs. loose and their vs. there !!!!!!
  • Higglyjiggly64
    Higglyjiggly64 Posts: 136
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  • thehunger
    thehunger Posts: 12 Member
    Thank you for posting this. I've often thought of doing the same but you've done it far more eloquently and politely than I think I could have managed.
  • uhoh_billy
    uhoh_billy Posts: 94
    your and you're mistakes make me wish evil things upon kittens

    Hahaha same! Those poor kittens!
  • trishtrish84
    trishtrish84 Posts: 237 Member
    I know I am horrible at grammar and spelling, but some mistakes I see people making should have been at least learned in the 3rd grade. My favorite one is when people say wait instead of weight.... and yes I am not joking I have seen it in some posts.
    Cracks me up.
  • Choirgirl37
    Choirgirl37 Posts: 255
    People like you make me growl and smile at the same time. I married an ex-editor. He frequently corrects my random ghetto jargon for which I am eternally grateful. You know the old saying: You can take the girl out of the ghetto, but you can not take the ghetto out of the girl.
  • eamconnor
    eamconnor Posts: 130 Member
    Okay, this is a chance to plug one of my favorite websites: www.regrettheerror.com. (I have no connection to it; it's just a hoot.) It's a compilation of corrections run by various media. Some of the corrections involve content, but the best ones are the goofy typos. You would be amazed at what autocorrect can do to an Arabic name. And the winner so far this year. In a blog about about public health, a common-place reference to "black men who have sex with men" turned into "...who have sex with me." The most-tweeted correction in recent memory.

    Keep those red pencils waving.
  • NovemberJune
    NovemberJune Posts: 2,525 Member
    Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol
  • Krohnie
    Krohnie Posts: 286 Member
    your and you're mistakes make me wish evil things upon kittens

    hehehehehehehehehe!!
  • westcoastSW
    westcoastSW Posts: 320 Member
    Ha I thought it was an Americanism as with your C25K programme etcetera!
    This thread is my favorite so far, but this post is the best within it! I hope that poor spelling doesn't create Americanisms!
  • baisleac
    baisleac Posts: 2,019 Member
    How about, "We weigh in to find out our weight." Weigh and weight are two very different words. Dang it.
  • Laurayinz
    Laurayinz Posts: 930 Member
    Yep, former editor here, too! wavehi.gif

    And isn't it amazing how those things just light in up neon when we see them?? And as PP have said, sometimes smartphones aren't so smart with their autocorrect.

    Anyone a regular visitor to www.damnyouautocorrect.com ? rotfl.gif
  • kellyscomeback
    kellyscomeback Posts: 1,369 Member
    LOVE IT! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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