Lose and loose

[M138]

Lose - Be defeated

Loose - Slack

[Time4another]

Bought - obtain in exchange for payment.

Brought - take or go with (someone or something) to a place.

[Pit Pony]

By - next to something
Bi - not sure about something
Buy - purchase something

[Exiled Imp]

Lead - a heavy metal ()

Led - past tense and past participle form of the verb “to lead”

[MC Bodge]

Time4another said:

Bought - obtain in exchange for payment.

Brought - take or go with (someone or something) to a place.

I'm never sure whether people do not know the difference or are victims of auto-correct.

[vixen1700]

There - There it is
Their - Owned by them
They're - They are a little bit drunk

[Cold]

Passed - overtaken
Past - previous

Aloud - audibly
Allowed - permitted

Your - not mine
You're - you are

[StescoG66]

Brake - things you use to slow down/stop
Breaks - the act of rendering something non functional

Specific - something clearly identified or defined
Pacific - an ocean

Misuse of both make my teeth itch (amongst many others)

[langtounlad]

Border - the perimeter or edge. e.g. to delineate between two countries
Boarder - someone who rents a room in your house, or your child when you send him away to a private school

[crofty1984]

langtounlad said:

Border - the perimeter or edge. e.g. to delineate between two countries
Boarder - someone who rents a room in your house, or your child when you send him away to a private school

Pour - transfer liquid from one vessel to another
Poor - cannot afford to send child away to private school.

[Lincsls1]

Brilliant thread.
Amazes and frustrates me how many people cannot get these basics correct.

[Lefty]

One I’ve seen cropping up more often these days is were/where.

Surely this is a failing of basic early years education. Shocking.

[Alickadoo]

Less
Use "less" when you are talking about a quantity or amount that is not easily counted. For example, "less sugar," "less time," or "less effort".

Fewer
Use "fewer" when you can count the individual items. For example, "fewer cars," "fewer people," or "fewer options".

[Lefty]

Draw / Drawer

As in:

I’m going to put it in the draw
Or
Chest of draws

[Spare tyre]

Specific- the sea near the Isle of Wight

Pacific - clearly defined

[Alickadoo]

Lefty said:

Draw / Drawer

As in:

I m going to put it in the draw
Or
Chest of draws

I am sure there is something there that I don't understand.

[Lefty]

Alickadoo said:

Lefty said:

Draw / Drawer

As in:

I m going to put it in the draw
Or
Chest of draws

I am sure there is something there that I don't understand.

Do you call this a chest of drawers or a chest of draws?

[smifffymoto]

This will be one of the shortest threads on here but probably the most valuable.

[Lefty]

[Mammasaid]

Whether - Should I have this or that?

Wether - a debked male sheep

Weather - Is it raining?