Lose vs. Loose

[ssblack]

Quote from FightTheFuture:

Well, it might hurt the kids and their precious feelings if you try to learn them too hard.

Am I the only one who picked up on "learn them"? LOL!

 

[Econmajor]

Here's a funny shirt regarding bad spelling.

http://bustedtees.com/yourretarded

 

[gnome]

Quote from ssblack:

Am I the only one who picked up on "learn them"? LOL!

No.

 

[Compulsive]

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[Lamont_C]

Then of course there are those who don't know the difference between "lend" and "loan" or the correct use of "each other" vs "one another", which is practically everybody. But then few people write anymore.

Non-English-speakers aside, this says a lot about the state of our schools.

And let's not mention geography.

LC

 

[TouchdownNY]

http://loseloose.com/

 

[FightTheFuture]

Even the local news anchors are getting lax (loose) in their pronunciations of words.

What's getting on my nerves now is:

Shtreet instead of street

Thishyear instead of this year


And coming soon:

Wutchyu talkin bout wetha man

I'm gonna sawered that bowawd in haff

 

[silver914]

"orientated"

Talk about putting your foot in your mouth.

 

[Thermactor]

loosers average losers

lol

 

[FanOfFridays]

Quote from silver914:
"orientated"

Talk about putting your foot in your mouth.

No shit. We had 'supireor' the other day (apparently an attempt to spell 'superior').

If you point any of this out, the teenagers on here start yelling 'grammer [sic] police'.

The problem is simple - these people were never taught to read. That's why they can't spell. If you read, you learn to spell.