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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 03:37 PM

NMDemDist2 (48,850 posts)

2. KICKED!!

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it's one of my pet peeves. also 'cain' v cane was recently spotted here.

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73 replies	Author	Time	Post
Lose vs Loose [View all]	danimich1	Nov 2012	OP
I'm loost	InsultComicDog	Nov 2012	#1
Lose the Kraken!	Science Geek	Nov 2012	#63
KICKED!!	NMDemDist2	Nov 2012	#2
"The election is ours to lose" or "the election is too loose" or "The election is ours, Toulouse"	Voice for Peace	Nov 2012	#51
Thank you..	barnabas63	Nov 2012	#3
To which I respond Ghoti	intaglio	Nov 2012	#4
Do you lagh your ghoti in newspaper?	Bucky	Nov 2012	#8
Context tells me it's "wrap"...	Iggo	Nov 2012	#60
L as in Colonel, GH as in Hiccough	Bucky	Nov 2012	#65
Nice!	Iggo	Nov 2012	#69
ghoti = fish	ailsagirl	Nov 2012	#46
Your right. To many peopel make this mistake and its greating on my nerves.	Bucky	Nov 2012	#5
lol	2pooped2pop	Nov 2012	#15
I seen it. nt	Voice for Peace	Nov 2012	#52
Next up,	cloudbase	Nov 2012	#6
I suck at apostrophes. nt	justiceischeap	Nov 2012	#9
apostrophe's what?	polmaven	Nov 2012	#38
It's the plural apostrophe that boggles, it's inconsistencies and horses' asses.	Voice for Peace	Nov 2012	#53
The one I hate is lightening instead of lightning.	hobbit709	Nov 2012	#7
I got into an argument with a web site client over this exact error	demwing	Nov 2012	#36
I am so glad you posted this.	RebelOne	Nov 2012	#10
For those who have problems with usage errors.....	prairierose	Nov 2012	#11
Which reminds me of a homemade tattoo that a former neighbor had.	Arkansas Granny	Nov 2012	#12
No!	Mnemosyne	Nov 2012	#16
I herd it usually happens when people our tired.	notadmblnd	Nov 2012	#13
terrific, someone else here just to grade papers? n/t	2pooped2pop	Nov 2012	#14
Me. I teach ESOL. I'm tough and old school.	CTyankee	Nov 2012	#32
well, since I'm not in school, I prefer not to have my papers graded.	2pooped2pop	Nov 2012	#35
well, nobody is naming names here. We're just making a point about literacy in our mother tongue.	CTyankee	Nov 2012	#37
Those sort of mis-spellings get under my skin too	Homer Wells	Nov 2012	#17
My pet peeve is there, they're, and their	MiniMe	Nov 2012	#18
And how about lead v. led.	ananda	Nov 2012	#19
and "rein" vs. "reign"	dixiegrrrrl	Nov 2012	#42
Write the word "misled" on a card then ask people to pronounce it...	Science Geek	Nov 2012	#59
Mostly people with learning disabilities likely. nt	Quixote1818	Nov 2012	#20
Loose for lose is never going away, neither is using 's for an s for plurals	cherish44	Nov 2012	#21
Good luck with this	onenote	Nov 2012	#22
A few to add...	Science Geek	Nov 2012	#23
irregardless	notadmblnd	Nov 2012	#25
You forgot a very common one - advice vs advise	kath	Nov 2012	#39
I'm an English Major and have been corrected on this in the past. I think it comes from faulty	Whovian	Nov 2012	#24
also "Lou's" and "loos" are easy to confuse	struggle4progress	Nov 2012	#26
Grammar is the difference	rateyes	Nov 2012	#27
Haha! Not quite a DUzY but very, very close! Thanks! - n/t	coalition_unwilling	Nov 2012	#44
Their doing that alot	jberryhill	Nov 2012	#28
This is a topic upon which I could rant for weeks on end.	MANative	Nov 2012	#29
For some, using proper spelling and grammar is a hard road to hoe... n/t	cherokeeprogressive	Nov 2012	#30
The problem is "choose"	demwing	Nov 2012	#31
THANK you!	Zoeisright	Nov 2012	#33
Agree with your "your" example, but I don't really think the others are so bad. I actually like	CTyankee	Nov 2012	#40
Don't get me stated on...	Science Geek	Nov 2012	#50
I think we may eventually lose our 3rd person singular in the present tense.	CTyankee	Nov 2012	#34
THANK YOU!!!!	KauaiK	Nov 2012	#41
I rant when I see	polmaven	Nov 2012	#43
When I read a sentence, I look for the intent of the writer. People make simple mistakes with words,	bluestate10	Nov 2012	#45
I think this thread needs an appropiate tune...	adirondacker	Nov 2012	#47
Threw or through?	jp11	Nov 2012	#48
Fast food restaurants...	Science Geek	Nov 2012	#54
Realtor and realty t	UtahLib	Nov 2012	#49
Splatter for spatter...	Science Geek	Nov 2012	#58
I have no ideal what your talking about. n/t	reflection	Nov 2012	#55
Worse than all of the above: then vs. than	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Nov 2012	#56
Many here have a lot to learn. Keep in mind that a lot of people are Dyslexic	Quixote1818	Nov 2012	#57
Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner--Notice the way their characters	janx	Nov 2012	#61
Nauseous versus nauseated--	janx	Nov 2012	#62
emesis often leads to emeses.	Science Geek	Nov 2012	#66
These refer to the difference between	janx	Nov 2012	#72
Here's a website for everyone:	Nedsdag	Nov 2012	#64
Yes there are a lot of other errors	danimich1	Nov 2012	#67
It's everywhere and is a sign of how badly our education system has gone down	quinnox	Nov 2012	#68
I teach college writing, and I can tell you that	janx	Nov 2012	#73
loose rhymes with goose	dooner	Nov 2012	#70
Funny how you can say prick your finger on the radio, but you can't say finger your prick.	1620rock	Nov 2012	#71

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