Sorry, can't take it any more

AMonger · Jan 21, 2012

Loose: opposite of tight
related words: looser (more loose), loosing (uncommon, to release into circulation);
Lose: opposite of gain or win
related words: losing (opposite of gaining or winning), loser (opposite of winner, also a functionally illiterate person)

I just saw looser-losers on the forum too many times today, and I just started reading. Had to say something before I exploded.

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You know the problem with bad cops? They make the other 5% look bad.

greg334 · Jan 21, 2012

Well each of us has a pet peeve, out side of a vocabulary, mine is proper formatting and removing of erroneous letters.

Turtle · Jan 21, 2012

The loosers are probably playing fast and lose with voice dictation software.

zorry · Jan 21, 2012

I believe the more I'm on this site the worse my spelling and punctuation is. If we could add spell-chek ( or is it spell-check ?) it would be a better learning experience. Fat fingers on tiny smart phone screens add to the problem.

greg334 · Jan 21, 2012

There already is an spell check and if you have a phone that is worth more than $30, it should have spell check on it

zorry · Jan 21, 2012

An spell check or A spell check ?

greg334 · Jan 21, 2012

zorry said:
An spell check or A spell check ?

Well seeing I have four hours of sleep, I can't see the keyboard on this ithing, so I can't help the error

layoutshooter · Jan 21, 2012

greg334 said:
Well seeing I have four hours of sleep, I can't see the keyboard on this ithing, so I can't help the error

Excuses, excuses!

AMonger · Jan 21, 2012

Turtle said:
The loosers are probably playing fast and lose with voice dictation software.

No, if they were, they likely wouldn't mix up those words.

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You know the problem with bad cops? They make the other 5% look bad.

AMonger · Jan 21, 2012

And while we're at it, can we all learn the difference between YOUR and YOU'RE? If we can just get those few things down, I can live with other errors, even RESTARAUNT and BUISNESS and THIER. Oh, yeah, one more: it's ETC., not ECT. Let's nail that one down, too. Heck, I can even learn to put up with mixing TO and TOO if we can agree on loose/lose, your/you're, and etc/ect.

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You know the problem with bad cops? They make the other 5% look bad.

greg334 · Jan 21, 2012

your means ownership of sorts and you're means you are

Restaurant sometimes pops up as an error with some spell check dictionaries even if it is correctly spelt AND I think a few have my problem with my computer, when I upgrade any of the browsers, the US English dictionary gets changed to the UK version and it sometimes auto-correct the words to that odd English that is claimed to be the original flavour.

Business is easy, but their is something that seems to be regional for the most part, but also is replacements for ask, sister and other ghetto speak that has been normalised.

zorry · Jan 21, 2012

Isn't it usually obvious who can spell and write and who can't ? If 98% percent of the text is correct I can overlook minor errors caused by small keyboards, being in a hurry, etc. Some posts are so poorly written that it makes them hard to understand. These (those ?) are frustrating. It doesn't take good writing skills to be a proficient driver. I'm just glad I don't have to handle thier paperwork. BTW, where is the spell check on this site (sight ?)?

zorry · Jan 21, 2012

Opps ! T H E I R . THERE !

jaminjim · Jan 21, 2012

Some of my problems are when to use 'than and then', 'to and too' and 'affect and effect'.

Most here try to check our usage and me personally don't mind the correction if it is done with an explanation. Which reminds me 'a and an' is another issue for me.

zorry · Jan 21, 2012

It may be I presonally..... Not sure. My Puertorican taught school for 27 years. I can get an English lesson any time I want one. Sometimes when I don't want one, too !

copdsux · Jan 21, 2012

jaminjim said:
Some of my problems are when to use 'than and then', 'to and too' and 'affect and effect'.

Most here try to check our usage and me personally don't mind the correction if it is done with an explanation. Which reminds me 'a and an' is another issue for me.

If the following word begins with a vowel, use "an": an apple, an ocean. A tree, a dog.