Loose vs Lose

Oilers9911 · 06-21-2006, 09:10 AM

No this is not a follow-up thread about fudging bank statements. This is about my increasing frustration that people do not know the difference between the word lose and loose. You LOSE and game, you do not LOOSE a game. I know I am nitpicking but the amount of people that make that mistake what in hell does that say about education these days? It makes me want to loose my mind...ahhhh fuck now look what you made me do!

rkmsuf · 06-21-2006, 09:13 AM

THE prom.

gottimd · 06-21-2006, 09:17 AM

Nitoicking? Don't do that!

losen up.

st.cronin · 06-21-2006, 09:17 AM

This is a very important topic.

Oilers9911 · 06-21-2006, 09:19 AM

It damn well is important. Almost as important as fritz.

IMetTrentGreen · 06-21-2006, 09:28 AM

your vs. youre is about 1,000 times worse. it's reaching epidimic levels

i'd say that 1 out of every 2-3 times it's done wrong, in my own observation

Samdari · 06-21-2006, 09:29 AM

peak my interest

Makes me want to go all CamEdwards on myself.

stevew · 06-21-2006, 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IMetTrentGreen

your vs. youre is about 1,000 times worse. it's reaching epidimic levels

i'd say that 1 out of every 2-3 times it's done wrong, in my own observation

Yeah, that's my #1 peeve probably.

Ping:BubbaWheels.

jbmagic · 06-21-2006, 09:34 AM

Color or Colour?

Oilers9911 · 06-21-2006, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IMetTrentGreen

your vs. youre is about 1,000 times worse. it's reaching epidimic levels

i'd say that 1 out of every 2-3 times it's done wrong, in my own observation

Agreed, I forgot about that one. Some people may think it is unimportant but honestly, if you cannot differentiate between your and you're or lose and loose I think that actually is important.

FrogMan · 06-21-2006, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by jbmagic

Color or Colour?

either one?

as per dictionary.com:

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col·our

( P ) Pronunciation Key (k

l

r)
n. & v. Chiefly British

Variant of color.

pwned!

FM

Oilers9911 · 06-21-2006, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gottimd

Nitoicking? Don't do that!

losen up.

Edited for stupid typo...damn did you have to nitoick on my post like that?

Glengoyne · 06-21-2006, 09:45 AM

I definately know the difference, but sometimes it still creeps into a sentence I'm typing. Apparently I sometimes go on autopilot and type phonetically. I've caught myself misusing your - you're, their -there, and even loose - lose(I know I've at least caught that one before moving on).

QuikSand · 06-21-2006, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Glengoyne

I definately know the difference

It's hard to know when someone is joking in this thread.

FrogMan · 06-21-2006, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by QuikSand

It's hard to know when someone is joking in this thread.

I had the exact same thought...

FM

DanGarion · 06-21-2006, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IMetTrentGreen

your vs. youre is about 1,000 times worse. it's reaching epidimic levels

i'd say that 1 out of every 2-3 times it's done wrong, in my own observation

I thought it was you're?

st.cronin · 06-21-2006, 09:59 AM

Oilers9911 · 06-21-2006, 10:01 AM

Back in the days of your.

rkmsuf · 06-21-2006, 10:03 AM

vtbub · 06-21-2006, 10:03 AM

you are=you're

English roxxers d00d l33l

Maple Leafs · 06-21-2006, 10:53 AM

I do find it funny that someone with Oilers in their name started this thread today.

(Yes, yes, I know, 1967, etc.)

Terps · 06-21-2006, 10:58 AM

There, their, and they're is just as bad too.

ISiddiqui · 06-21-2006, 11:02 AM

I like lose women.

Bad-example · 06-21-2006, 12:45 PM

I have seen "definitely" spelled wrong so many times, the correct spelling looks wrong to my eye now.

Kodos · 06-21-2006, 12:47 PM

Your gonna loose you're mined!

Desnudo · 06-21-2006, 12:56 PM

This thread is loosing me. Don't sweat the small stuff, looser.

Klinglerware · 06-21-2006, 01:50 PM

Adding the requisite "language is dynamic, not static" statement...

st.cronin · 06-21-2006, 01:53 PM

Why isn't this a poll?

LionsFan10 · 06-21-2006, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IMetTrentGreen

your vs. youre is about 1,000 times worse. it's reaching epidimic levels

i'd say that 1 out of every 2-3 times it's done wrong, in my own observation

I thought the beginning of every sentence was supposed to start with a "capitol" letter

Grammaticus · 06-21-2006, 02:03 PM

I'd say to, too, two seems to be about as abused as the Texan's backfield.

Desnudo · 06-21-2006, 02:05 PM

It's becoming an epidimic, if you ask myself

Oilers9911 · 06-21-2006, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

I do find it funny that someone with Oilers in their name started this thread today.

(Yes, yes, I know, 1967, etc.)

I had no intention of mentioning 1967 but yes small things make me bitter these days. I am sure you can assume why.

1967! (sorry)

st.cronin · 06-21-2006, 02:08 PM

I suppose it's pointless to really be concerned about split infinitives.

Vince · 06-21-2006, 02:09 PM

While you/your/you're is pretty irritating, loose vs. lose seems to me to be a much more fundamental (and therefore stupid) error. They don't even sound the same.

I'll throw in the use of an apostrophe for its/it's. "It" cannot be possessive -- "it's" ALWAYS means "it is."

rkmsuf · 06-21-2006, 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vince

While you/your/you're is pretty irritating, loose vs. lose seems to me to be a much more fundamental (and therefore stupid) error. They don't even sound the same.

I'll throw in the use of an apostrophe for its/it's. "It" cannot be possessive -- "it's" ALWAYS means "it is."

What if your legal name is "It".

Hmm...hmmmmmmm

Vince · 06-21-2006, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by rkmsuf

What if your legal name is "It".

Hmm...hmmmmmmm

Touché.

flere-imsaho · 06-21-2006, 02:40 PM

Did anyone mention rediculous yet?

saldana · 06-21-2006, 02:41 PM

i once had a basketball coach that came into the locker room after we got blown out one night and wrote

"You guys are a bunch of loosers"

on the blackboard...it was so hard not to crack up laughing while he was standing there yelling at us.

Axxon · 06-21-2006, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by saldana

i once had a basketball coach that came into the locker room after we got blown out one night and wrote

"You guys are a bunch of loosers"

on the blackboard...it was so hard not to crack up laughing while he was standing there yelling at us.

Did he then call you a bunch of morans?

Izulde · 06-21-2006, 03:34 PM

lose vs. loose is definitely the biggest spelling fuckup that makes me want to bash somebody very hard over the head with a shovel.

their/there/they're and your/you're don't bother me all that much. But u and ur for you/you're/your... Man, whenever I see that, I automatically think the person's a dumbass.

Samdari · 06-21-2006, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Vince

"It" cannot be possessive -- "it's" ALWAYS means "it is."

Isn't "its" the possessive of it?

Klinglerware · 06-21-2006, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Izulde

But u and ur for you/you're/your... Man, whenever I see that, I automatically think the person's a dumbass.

Prince's bodyguards and the Filipino text-messaging community are coming to kick your ass...

Passacaglia · 06-21-2006, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Oilers9911

Edited for stupid typo...damn did you have to nitoick on my post like that?

At least he didn't ask what it means to LOSE and game.

dawgfan · 06-21-2006, 05:07 PM

This thread is the most dominate attack on bad grammar I've seen in a while...

Passacaglia · 06-21-2006, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by dawgfan

This thread is the most dominate attack on bad grammar I've seen in a while...

Tru dat.

Glengoyne · 06-21-2006, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by QuikSand

It's hard to know when someone is joking in this thread.

Actually caught it while re-reading, and lost DSL while editing in a couple of changes. So no I wasn't joking, and then God prevented me from covering my tracks.

yabanci · 06-21-2006, 07:28 PM

Another one I noticed a lot lately is quiet vs quite. If you don't like fan noise, build a quiet pc, not a quite pc. Try googling quite pc and you'll see what I mean.

cthomer5000 · 06-21-2006, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by flere-imsaho

Did anyone mention rediculous yet?

This is my personal #1. Can't stand it.

Fonzie · 06-21-2006, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Samdari

Isn't "its" the possessive of it?

Ayup.

This thread is making me have flashbacks to the hundreds of papers I graded last semester. If I keep reading this I'll need hospitalization. Thanks a lot.

Chief Rum · 06-21-2006, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Glengoyne

Actually caught it while re-reading, and lost DSL while editing in a couple of changes. So no I wasn't joking, and then God prevented me from covering my tracks.

Sure, send God the bill for your cheap choice of Internet provider.

06-21-2006, 09:13 AM	#2
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Oilers9911 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2006	It damn well is important. Almost as important as fritz.

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IMetTrentGreen College Prospect Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Austin, Texas	your vs. youre is about 1,000 times worse. it's reaching epidimic levels i'd say that 1 out of every 2-3 times it's done wrong, in my own observation

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jbmagic Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2004	Color or Colour?

06-21-2006, 09:45 AM	#13
Glengoyne Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Fresno, CA	I definately know the difference, but sometimes it still creeps into a sentence I'm typing. Apparently I sometimes go on autopilot and type phonetically. I've caught myself misusing your - you're, their -there, and even loose - lose(I know I've at least caught that one before moving on).

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Oilers9911 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2006	Back in the days of your.

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rkmsuf Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2001	yoar __________________ "Don't you have homes?" -- Judge Smales

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Maple Leafs Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002	I do find it funny that someone with Oilers in their name started this thread today. (Yes, yes, I know, 1967, etc.) __________________ Down Goes Brown: Toronto Maple Leafs Humor and Analysis Last edited by Maple Leafs : 06-21-2006 at 10:53 AM.

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Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	Your gonna loose you're mined!

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Desnudo Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Here and There	This thread is loosing me. Don't sweat the small stuff, looser.

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Vince Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Willow Glen, CA	While you/your/you're is pretty irritating, loose vs. lose seems to me to be a much more fundamental (and therefore stupid) error. They don't even sound the same. I'll throw in the use of an apostrophe for its/it's. "It" cannot be possessive -- "it's" ALWAYS means "it is." __________________ Every time a Dodger scores a run, an angel has its wings ripped off by a demon, and is forced to tearfully beg the demon to cauterize the wounds.The demon will refuse, and the sobbing angel will lie in a puddle of angel blood and feathers for eternity, wondering why the Dodgers are allowed to score runs.That’s not me talking: that’s science. McCoveyChronicles.com. Last edited by Vince : 06-21-2006 at 02:10 PM.

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saldana Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bethlehem, Pa	i once had a basketball coach that came into the locker room after we got blown out one night and wrote "You guys are a bunch of loosers" on the blackboard...it was so hard not to crack up laughing while he was standing there yelling at us.

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Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	lose vs. loose is definitely the biggest spelling fuckup that makes me want to bash somebody very hard over the head with a shovel. their/there/they're and your/you're don't bother me all that much. But u and ur for you/you're/your... Man, whenever I see that, I automatically think the person's a dumbass. __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty)

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dawgfan Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Seattle	This thread is the most dominate attack on bad grammar I've seen in a while...

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yabanci College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jun 2003	Another one I noticed a lot lately is quiet vs quite. If you don't like fan noise, build a quiet pc, not a quite pc. Try googling quite pc and you'll see what I mean.

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