Lose & Loose

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BrewsterBear

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1,503 posts

191 months

Thursday 1st August 2013
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I know, I know, it's the favourite bugbear of some on PH. I'm not a grammar Nazi and I'm more than capable of making typos and mistakes myself, but how can it be that all over the amateur-typed internet I see loose used incorrectly for lose more than the correct spelling? We're talking primary school English here. Of course there/their/they're catches some hard of thinking out, but at least they all sound the same when spoken. Lose and loose are even pronounced differently.

Lose - To misplace or be deprived of something with little hope of getting it back.
Loose - Larger than required and as such ill fitting.

It's not fking difficult.

Every time I see it posted incorrectly, whether here, other forums, Facebook, etc, I *really* want to point out how pathetically stupid it is. I don't want to become one of those types, but it really does grate on me. Phonetic spelling has a lot to answer for.

(2/10 - Not enough swearing)

Edited by BrewsterBear on Thursday 1st August 11:34

Johnnytheboy

24,498 posts

185 months

Thursday 1st August 2013
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The problem with trying to exhort fellow users to spell better is that I would then have to read a higher proportion of the posts in each topic.

At the moment, poor spelling and grammar acts as a useful idiot filter, as badly-written posts tend to be badly-thought too.

Edited by Johnnytheboy on Friday 2nd August 13:52

Funkycoldribena

7,379 posts

153 months

Thursday 1st August 2013
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I think you're loosing it...you sound close to braking point.


PAULJ5555

3,554 posts

175 months

Thursday 1st August 2013
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Yuo snooze you loose!!!!!!!!

Urban Sports

11,321 posts

202 months

Thursday 1st August 2013
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This annoys me nearly as much as the mongs who don't know the difference between bought and brought.

"I brought a car and it turns out it has outstanding finance on it, I didn't HPI it, what shall I do?"

You deserve it you thick tt just for saying brought.

Hoofy

76,253 posts

281 months

Thursday 1st August 2013
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There, their, they're. You'll get over it.

Johnnytheboy

24,498 posts

185 months

Thursday 1st August 2013
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Curb, kerb. You won't.

RizzoTheRat

25,085 posts

191 months

Thursday 1st August 2013
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Funkycoldribena said:
I think you're loosing it...you sound close to braking point.
hehe

That's the one one that annoys me most, especially as this is a motoring forum.

Sticks.

8,707 posts

250 months

Thursday 1st August 2013
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Urban Sports said:
"I brought a car and it turns out it has outstanding finance on it, I didn't HPI it, what shall I do?"
Shouldn't of bought it. wink

Johnnytheboy

24,498 posts

185 months

Thursday 1st August 2013
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This thread is getting rediculous.

Adenauer

18,564 posts

235 months

Thursday 1st August 2013
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Defiantly so yes

collateral

7,238 posts

217 months

Thursday 1st August 2013
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Irregardless, your rong

SimonMaidenhead

2,579 posts

202 months

Thursday 1st August 2013
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Sticks. said:
Urban Sports said:
"I brought a car and it turns out it has outstanding finance on it, I didn't HPI it, what shall I do?"
Shouldn't of bought it. wink
Maybe he just brung it home.

Evoluzione

10,345 posts

242 months

Thursday 1st August 2013
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Scraping and scrapping, snaping and snapping always make me grimace:

'My car has seen better days*, I am thinking of scraping it'

'I scrapped my car on the gatepost'

'I tried to undo the bolt, but it snaped off'

This provides us with much hilarity at work, whenever there is a bang, tinkle followed by an 'oh bks' Someone enquires "Oh dear, have you snaped it?"
The Snap-on tool rep is now 'The Snape-on man'


  • Don't laugh (much), but I originally typed 'past its best, but couldn't decide whether it was passed or past!

BrewsterBear

Original Poster:

1,503 posts

191 months

Thursday 1st August 2013
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Brought and bought is also on a par with lose and loose for fktardery. They're past participles completely different verbs - bring and buy. Did these tts not watch Blue Peter as a child?

Captain Muppet

8,540 posts

264 months

Thursday 1st August 2013
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Some people lack the ability to spell, some people can't be bothered, some people do it deliberately to be annoying.

Correcting any of those three types of people won't achieve anything.

Feel free to correct my spelling, I work at it, but I'm rubbish. I often use spellcheck, but that doesn't help if you've typed the wrong word correctly.

collateral

7,238 posts

217 months

Thursday 1st August 2013
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Captain Muppet said:
Some people lack the ability to spell, some people can't be bothered, some people do it deliberately to be annoying.

Correcting any of those three types of people won't achieve anything.

Feel free to correct my spelling, I work at it, but I'm rubbish. I often use spellcheck, but that doesn't help if you've typed the wrong word correctly.
I'm positive that relying on spellcheck has degraded my ability to spell without it

Adenauer

18,564 posts

235 months

Thursday 1st August 2013
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Captain Muppet said:
Some people lack the ability to spell, some people can't be bothered, some people do it deliberately to be annoying.

Correcting any of those three types of people won't achieve anything.

Feel free to correct my spelling, I work at it, but I'm rubbish. I often use spellcheck, but that doesn't help if you've typed the wrong word correctly.
I'm constantly having to correct my automatic spellcheck as it's set to American and I don't know how to bloody set it into English.

Ayahuasca

27,427 posts

278 months

Thursday 1st August 2013
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It is a trivial, all be it annoying, error but it doesn't phase me.

kentmotorcompany

2,471 posts

209 months

Thursday 1st August 2013
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Superior academic and linguistic knowledge does not make a superior person, and it should not be used to bash and belittle people.
If one has learning one should wear it lightly.