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Object lesson in LOOSE vs LOSE
« on: September 05, 2011, 11:48:32 AM »
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michaz Donating Member (1000+ posts)     Mon Sep-05-11 11:31 AM
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17. After loosing our 16 year old son, I can tell you that you never let it go.
   
That is part of the healing process to be able to talk about your deceased child. If one thinks that it is better after a couple of years and that they should be over it by then is completely nuts at best! Time helps and it gets easier over time but it is never gone from your mind. Most likely if these co-workers had just let her speak his name and say what little bit she needed to say and try to understand where this person was coming from, they would have noticed that she was healing. Instead they opted to complain about it. No one knows if they haven't been there.

Might sound cruel, but...

If you LOOSE your son, you let him go, and he is now elsewhere. If you LOSE your son, as you imply, he is taking a sad dirtnap.

That is all.
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Re: Object lesson in LOOSE vs LOSE
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2011, 12:05:49 PM »
Loose : Lose
There : Their
You're : Your
Know : No

Pick a pair of synonyms, the DUmmies seem to scramble them like eggs. Proud products of Publik Skool Edumakation.
I find it irritating. At least Nadin gives us some comedic relief with her screwing up of metaphors and such, for f*ck face.
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Re: Object lesson in LOOSE vs LOSE
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2011, 12:10:01 PM »
Obama is the loser one...Mooch-Shall is the looser one.
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Re: Object lesson in LOOSE vs LOSE
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2011, 12:41:23 PM »
Quote from: tanstaafl on September 05, 2011, 12:05:49 PM
Loose : Lose
There : Their
You're : Your
Know : No

Pick a pair of synonyms, the DUmmies seem to scramble them like eggs. Proud products of Publik Skool Edumakation.
I find it irritating. At least Nadin gives us some comedic relief with her screwing up of metaphors and such, for f*ck face.

Homonyms, actually.

I don't pick on the DUmmies much on this, unless they puff themselves up about how smart they are in a thread and then misspell or misuse a bunch of words in it.  One can find plenty of examples of such common mistakes anywhere, including here.
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Re: Object lesson in LOOSE vs LOSE
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2011, 01:32:10 PM »
Quote from: tanstaafl on September 05, 2011, 12:05:49 PM
Loose : Lose
There : Their
You're : Your
Know : No

Pick a pair of synonyms, the DUmmies seem to scramble them like eggs. Proud products of Publik Skool Edumakation.
I find it irritating. At least Nadin gives us some comedic relief with her screwing up of metaphors and such, for f*ck face.

And then there is than which some use incorrectly rather than check when to use then.

Michelle needs to lose her loose caboose.   
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Re: Object lesson in LOOSE vs LOSE
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2011, 01:43:17 PM »
IT'S versus ITS.

Jesus people, pick up a copy of Strunk and White once in a while!
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Re: Object lesson in LOOSE vs LOSE
« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2011, 02:17:18 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on September 05, 2011, 01:43:17 PM
IT'S versus ITS.

Jesus people, pick up a copy of Strunk and White once in a while!




Yeah right, like that will help. :popcorn:
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Re: Object lesson in LOOSE vs LOSE
« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2011, 02:33:44 PM »
Yeah, you can't make stuff like this up.  Then again, I took this picture at the beginning of last school year.  It actually ran in Foster's, IIRC:



And this is the school that wants to do away with letter grades "D" and "F".  Gee, can't imagine why....
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Re: Object lesson in LOOSE vs LOSE
« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2011, 03:26:50 PM »
Quote from: BannedFromDU on September 05, 2011, 11:48:32 AM
Might sound cruel, but...

If you LOOSE your son, you let him go, and he is now elsewhere. If you LOSE your son, as you imply, he is taking a sad dirtnap.

That is all.

UGH! seriously? the woman loses her son and you're picking apart the post because of a spelling error?
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Re: Object lesson in LOOSE vs LOSE
« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2011, 04:24:05 PM »
Quote from: Ballygrl on September 05, 2011, 03:26:50 PM
UGH! seriously? the woman loses her son and you're picking apart the post because of a spelling error?

Where was I mean? BS for calling me out unnecessarily.
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Re: Object lesson in LOOSE vs LOSE
« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2011, 05:33:35 PM »
Quote from: tanstaafl on September 05, 2011, 12:05:49 PM
Loose : Lose
There : Their
You're : Your
Know : No

Pick a pair of synonyms, the DUmmies seem to scramble them like eggs. Proud products of Publik Skool Edumakation.
I find it irritating. At least Nadin gives us some comedic relief with her screwing up of metaphors and such, for f*ck face.

The one that bothers me is allot & a lot. And spelling a lot like it's all one word (alot) is an absolute pet peeve of mine. "Alittle" isn't a word so why would people think a lot is?

Cindie
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Re: Object lesson in LOOSE vs LOSE
« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2011, 05:50:50 PM »
Quote from: delilahmused on September 05, 2011, 05:33:35 PM
The one that bothers me is allot & a lot. And spelling a lot like it's all one word (alot) is an absolute pet peeve of mine. "Alittle" isn't a word so why would people think a lot is?

Cindie

I dunno but alot of people do.  :-)
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Re: Object lesson in LOOSE vs LOSE
« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2011, 08:24:06 PM »
Quote from: delilahmused on September 05, 2011, 05:33:35 PM
The one that bothers me is allot & a lot. And spelling a lot like it's all one word (alot) is an absolute pet peeve of mine. "Alittle" isn't a word so why would people think a lot is?

Cindie

Some time in grade school I remember "alot" meaning what we would now normally type as "a lot" being in the spelling/vocabulary word list for the week, around fourth or fifth grade...kind of stuck in my mind since it was such a commonly-used phrase.  Usages change over time, I suppose.   
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Re: Object lesson in LOOSE vs LOSE
« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2011, 08:52:59 PM »
Michaz, if you lost a child, I'm truly sorry.
Lord be with you at this trying time.
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Re: Object lesson in LOOSE vs LOSE
« Reply #14 on: September 05, 2011, 08:57:42 PM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on September 05, 2011, 08:24:06 PM
Some time in grade school I remember "alot" meaning what we would now normally type as "a lot" being in the spelling/vocabulary word list for the week, around fourth or fifth grade...kind of stuck in my mind since it was such a commonly-used phrase.  Usages change over time, I suppose.

Well, "alot" isn't a word; it should be "a lot".
But "allot" is a perfectly good word. It's a verb, and it means to distribute or to apportion.

At moments like this, we really need nadin to explain the nuances of the English language.
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Re: Object lesson in LOOSE vs LOSE
« Reply #15 on: September 05, 2011, 09:02:59 PM »
Quote from: GOBUCKS on September 05, 2011, 08:57:42 PM
Well, "alot" isn't a word; it should be "a lot".
But "allot" is a perfectly good word. It's a verb, and it means to distribute or to apportion.

At moments like this, we really need nadin to explain the nuances of the English language.

I know that is the current usage.  However I pretty clearly recall the bit of curriculum I wrote about, from circa 1960.
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