Loose vs Lose

What lexical or grammatical errors bother you?

  • Oh, I've got a couple

    Votes: 10 23.8%
  • None, becasue I'm not an uptight asshole!

    Votes: 7 16.7%
  • Fuck you, Tyler! Go shove a book up your ass...

    Votes: 10 23.8%
  • A little bit of the ol' shit and stomp for me

    Votes: 3 7.1%
  • Oh yeah? Then why are you a 'looser'?

    Votes: 4 9.5%
  • Thanks for playing a part in saving our beloved language. You rock!

    Votes: 12 28.6%
  • Pinworm

    Votes: 17 40.5%

  • Total voters
    42

tyler.durden

Well-Known Member
Check this out:


Epitaph of John the smyth, died 1371
Further information: Brightwell Baldwin
An epitaph from a monumental brass in an Oxfordshire parish church:[14]

Original text
man com & se how schal alle ded li: wen yolk comes bad & bare
moth have ben ve awaẏ fare: All ẏs wermēs yt ve for care:—
bot yt ve do for god ẏs luf ve haue nothyng yare:
yis graue lẏs John ye smẏth god yif his soule hewn grit
Translation by Patricia Utechin[14]
Man, come and see how all dead men shall lie: when that comes bad and bare,
we have nothing when we away fare: all that we care for is worms:—
except for that which we do for God's sake, we have nothing ready:
under this grave lies John the smith, God give his soul heavenly peace

Translation by Patricia Utechin[14]
Man, come and see how all dead men shall lie: when that comes bad and bare,
we have nothing when we away fare: all that we care for is worms:—
except for that which we do for God's sake, we have nothing ready:
under this grave lies John the smith, God give his soul heavenly peace
Holy shit! That original text is like Gaelic or something. English has evolved much more than I thought over the last centuries. Pretty cool...
 

Trousers

Well-Known Member
how about when someone refers to a strain of cannabis as a strand? i don't know if that word choice has any credence, but i don't like it.
Strand is not a word.
While technically correct, strain is not really used with plants besides cannabis. Variety makes more sense to me.
 

GIJonas

Well-Known Member
How about reading any given thread on this site? By far the most blunderous of any board I've been on.
 

Hookabelly

Well-Known Member
Any discerning ear can hear the difference. The minute someone says,

"So Anyways, …."

-OR-

"All's I know is…."


I mentally just dismiss them…

Sorry but it's true. I'm still smiling and polite but they're done. (not there done or their done)
 

Gary Goodson

Well-Known Member
My number one for the last couple of years: conversate. We should be allowed to slap the face of the users of that gem...
I've had idiots look at me funny when I use "converse" like you're supposed to. Instead of me saying "I was conversating with this guy" like a dumbass would.
 
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