XenaMT Report post Posted July 15, 2008 (edited) For the love of all things sacred and holy: You cannot "loose" stuff (ie. no rosto, unless you are letting loose the dogs of war ). The verb is "to lose" (pronounced luze) "Loose" (pronounced luus) is how all the kids wear their jeans these days and also describes a girl we all knew in high school. I know that many do not have English as a first language - and that's cool; but when I see anglophones making this mistake time and again, as an English teacher, it does my head in. And please, "accept" is a verb, "except" is a prepositon or conjunction. Sorry to bring it up, but perhaps others notice this as well? edit: added a "loose" example Edited July 15, 2008 by XenaMT Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LilBear Report post Posted July 15, 2008 (edited) Hehe, maybe their not that concerned with there mistakes? They could of decided that impresshun making is less important then being pr0? I've noticed it too, Xena, and I know I make typos or even errors at times, but yes, there are times when it bothers me too how little some people seem to even care about the fact that they make a lot of errors. As they told me, we all have different things we like to put our energy to. Or is that too? lilcnoot PS: And do you now what else they might get wrong know? s' and 's .... Edited July 15, 2008 by LilBear Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gohan Report post Posted July 15, 2008 Fantastic to see how spelling errors affect people. They especially have a bad effect on Radu in the morning before he's had his coffee. -Blee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cyprom Report post Posted July 15, 2008 Fantastic to see how spelling errors affect people. They especially have a bad effect on Radu in the morning before he's had his coffee. -Blee Your post is confusing after reading lilcnoot's first One of you will have to edit or some mistakes will be seen as correct or the other way around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LilBear Report post Posted July 15, 2008 Yes, I thought it was funny how Blee underlined the correct words the way I had underlined the errors lol lil Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aphistolas Report post Posted July 15, 2008 (edited) Fantastic to see how spelling errors affect people. They especially have a bad effect on Radu in the morning before he's had his coffee. -Blee I never get these two right. It really pisses me off when people correct me on my usage of 'affect' and 'effect', too. They're not particularly commonly used words over here, so it's difficult when trying to decide between the them. My English teacher says "you get an affect from an effect" but I have no idea how that helps me. I mostly just try to use synonyms, or avoid usage of those words all together. Here's one that irks me a little though, "noone" and "no one". People confuse the two a lot, but I'm pretty confident "noone" isn't even a word! Edited July 15, 2008 by Aphistolas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raz Report post Posted July 16, 2008 You forgot the classic Your welcome...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XenaMT Report post Posted July 16, 2008 And I just remembered another one that really does my head in: prices/prizes Prices are how much something costs, prizes are awarded for contests (or Darwin awards) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cruella Report post Posted July 16, 2008 there used instead of they are e.g. there so cool Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cyprom Report post Posted July 16, 2008 You forgot the classic Your welcome...... Your just being lazy here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
