| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? 09:12 - Apr 18 with 2767 views | MaySixth |
see it time and time again
lose - be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something).
"I've lost my appetite"
loose - not firmly or tightly fixed in place; detached or able to be detached.
"a loose tooth" [Post edited 18 Apr 9:13]
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| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 09:15 - Apr 18 with 1654 views | DarkBrandon |
“Would of” |  | | |
| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 09:23 - Apr 18 with 1620 views | NthQldITFC |
I too, am quite adverse to that sort of thing. |  |
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| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 09:26 - Apr 18 with 1617 views | Kieran_Knows |
Billy Sharpe instead of Billy Sharp.
It really isn't that hard to get that right. |  |
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| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 09:29 - Apr 18 with 1603 views | USA |
Happy belated birthday instead of Belated Happy Birthday is my frustration |  | | |
| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 09:31 - Apr 18 with 1597 views | EdwardStone |
One of the very few things that irks me is the incorrect spelling when referring to loathesome Leeds born peadophile
His name is spelled Savile....not Saville
There is a handy reminder in the last part of his name...
Evil spelled backwards,,, a vile man [Post edited 18 Apr 11:01]
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| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 09:40 - Apr 18 with 1572 views | noggin |
You loost me. |  |
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| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 09:43 - Apr 18 with 1544 views | WeWereZombies |
Is that the only misunderstanding that annoys you or are there any other pacific examples ? |  |
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| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 09:56 - Apr 18 with 1495 views | slump |
Bunch of loosers... |  |
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| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 09:57 - Apr 18 with 1494 views | gainsboroughblue |
When you have a name that can spelled two (or more) different ways and you send somebody a work email (which obviously shows the correct spelling), then the fecker replies saying 'Hi (wrong spelling), thank you for your email.
Boils my pi$$ that |  |
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| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 09:57 - Apr 18 with 1489 views | geg1992 |
How about when people put a space before the question mark? |  |
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| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 09:59 - Apr 18 with 1484 views | EatonBlue |
Also there and their. And misuse of an apostrophe such as in video's. |  | | |
| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 10:00 - Apr 18 with 1474 views | tonybied |
| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 09:57 - Apr 18 by gainsboroughblue |
When you have a name that can spelled two (or more) different ways and you send somebody a work email (which obviously shows the correct spelling), then the fecker replies saying 'Hi (wrong spelling), thank you for your email.
Boils my pi$$ that |
Yeah, that one really grinds my gears too. I mean it's right there for you to copy and paste, if you need, so there's no excuse for not getting it right!!!! There's no "H" in my name!!!!! |  | | |
| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 10:01 - Apr 18 with 1464 views | Help |
Schedule and schedule. Americanisms for pronouncing words creeping into the English language. |  | | |
| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 10:03 - Apr 18 with 1452 views | Kropotkin123 |
Love how your example of "lose" in a sentence is "lost" 😂
Lose, choose, fuse... loose, juice, truce, misuse... English language creates confusion with inconsistent spelling, so not shocking that people get it wrong. |  |
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| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 10:05 - Apr 18 with 1430 views | tonybied |
| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 09:57 - Apr 18 by geg1992 |
How about when people put a space before the question mark? |
...or a full stop after it!!! | | | |
| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 10:07 - Apr 18 with 1409 views | WeWereZombies |
| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 09:57 - Apr 18 by geg1992 |
How about when people put a space before the question mark? |
Jealous of people who are adhering to a better style guide, eh ? | |
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| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 10:23 - Apr 18 with 1358 views | baxterbasics |
| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 09:40 - Apr 18 by noggin |
You loost me. |
I think you'll find it's "loosed" |  |
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| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 10:37 - Apr 18 with 1290 views | weepingx2018 |
and they're, their, there.......ugh | | | |
| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 10:47 - Apr 18 with 1254 views | exeterblue10 |
'really unique', 'very unique', 'quite unique' etc. Something is either unique or it isn't. GRRRR!! | | | |
| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 10:54 - Apr 18 with 1236 views | saffers12 |
| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 10:47 - Apr 18 by exeterblue10 |
'really unique', 'very unique', 'quite unique' etc. Something is either unique or it isn't. GRRRR!! |
Literally in any sentence adds nothing to the sentence. |  | | |
| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 10:55 - Apr 18 with 1231 views | Parky |
| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 09:26 - Apr 18 by Kieran_Knows |
Billy Sharpe instead of Billy Sharp.
It really isn't that hard to get that right. |
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| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 11:02 - Apr 18 with 1182 views | Rocky |
There's been a lot of "are" instead of "our" recently.
As in "Let's get behind are team." |  | | |
| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 11:07 - Apr 18 with 1150 views | franz_tyson |
| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 09:31 - Apr 18 by EdwardStone |
One of the very few things that irks me is the incorrect spelling when referring to loathesome Leeds born peadophile
His name is spelled Savile....not Saville
There is a handy reminder in the last part of his name...
Evil spelled backwards,,, a vile man [Post edited 18 Apr 11:01]
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| And “allowed” and “aloud” on 11:07 - Apr 18 with 1158 views | EJP |
I blame Girls Aloud for that one, as an entire generation now believes it’s the correct spelling of “allowed” due to their band name. |  | | |
| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 11:09 - Apr 18 with 1142 views | Kieran_Knows |
| Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ? on 10:55 - Apr 18 by Parky |
Morsey |
Oh god, that's absolutely the worst one at the minute. | |
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