at the risk of being flamed, I’d like to address the rampant misuse of these two terms once and for all. I’ve seen it so often on this forum and elsewhere, it really necessitates mention. so,
loose (rhymes with ‘moose’): means not tight.
lose (rhymes with ‘ooze’): means to misplace or not win.
hopefully, this will help those who have been unclear with the terminology in the past.
what a looser
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cute
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"it really necessitates mention. so, "
You forgot to capitalize the “s” in “so” and a comma is not the proper punctuation mark there.
Hey, do Youze guys have a problem with my accent???
I talked like dis since I was a yute.
i also didn’t capitalize the ‘i’ in this sentence nor the ‘a’ in the beginning of the original post. you got me.
I took the risk posting this. i accept the flames. figured you guys would come pouring out of the woodwork. fun for you, isn’t it?
I guess somebody gets fed up with the poor spelling and grammar two or three times a year, and has to post something. Let’s not forget the following misuses/misspellings: there/their/they’re affect/effect alot/allot/a lot brakes/breaks bath/bathe lie/lay its/it’s to/two/too definately/definitely
Another misuse:
Campagnolo/Shimano
(ducks)
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clothes/ cloths
your/ you’re
plain/ plane
where/ were/ wear
bought/ brought
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not to mention
piqued/peeked
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If I have to proof read my posts I’ll have to quit my job. I can’t afford to loose any more time than I am already wasting here.
you just got to play fast and lose with grammatical rules
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To loose or not Tolouse?
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a renowned 1890’s Parisian painter at the center of the bohemian movement, the time of Van Gogh and Renoir. Too Loose To Truck was a Phil Lesh cover band in the mid 1970’s, allegedly named that way as a misinterpretation pun on the painter’s name.
I’ll/ Isle
Juan/ one
Aisle think of a phew more when I have some more thyme.
I wanna play! I wanna play!!
I think my biggest grammatical pet peeve is when people say, “There’s,” the contraction of, “There is,” when referring to more than one thing.
For example: “There’s two bikes in the rack.” NO NO NO NO NO!!! “There **are **two bikes in the rack.”
Ooh ooh ooh, I just thought of another one too. I can’t stand it when, “less,” is used to describe quantity, rather than, “fewer.”
For example (and I’ll dip into my first example too): “There’s less bikes in this rack than in that one.” NO NO NO NO NO!!! “There are fewer bikes in this rack that in that one.”
OK, I feel much better now. Sh*t Dammit!! I sound like my mother. I don’t feel very much better now.
Don’t forget anxious vs. eager.
“Wow, I’m really anxious to get my P3” - really? causing you a lot of anxiety (well, I suppose it could for a few different reasons)
The grammar police, they live inside of my head.
The grammar police, they come to me on Slowtwitch.
The grammar police, they’re coming to correct me, oh no.
You know that talk is cheap, and those rumors ain’t nice.
And when I misspell dig deep I don’t think I’ll survive the night, the night.
’cause they’re waiting for me.
They’re looking for me.
Ev’ry single time I write on Slowtwitch they’re driving me insane.
Those men inside my brain.
The grammar police………
You’re wasting your fingerstrokes, Boz. Even if you manage to fix the current crop the problem will just reappear in a few month’s time. Grammar has gone awol these days.
Let us not forget “irregardless,” “nucular” (GWB is waaaaay guilty of this one) and “simular”
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