It's LOSE, not LOOSE!!!

Since I have been involved on internet forums I have seen "loose used for "lose" and "prolly" used for "probably" so uniformly that I supposed that it must be internet jargon.

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Originally Posted by Mindibun

Actually, I had a little funny list of grammar rules in my sig here once, and I got jumped on by everyone. They said they felt offended and whatnot. :rolleyes: Sorry, it's not my fault you can't understand elementary English rules, and its definitely not my fault that you feel the need to put down everyone who does.

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Yeah, it seems like I hit a nerve here. I don't know why people get so defensive. I'm not calling anyone dumb, or asking anyone to stop doing it. I don't really care about grammar, spelling, and sentence structure in any other ways. There is just something about "loose" that really annoys the heck out of me. There's no reasonable way to explain it. I simply hate it.

Make fun of me if you want, but I guarantee every one of you has little dumb pet peeves that are also petty and insignificant. Most are just too embarassed to admit them.

This thread is absolutely hilarious, I love rants about everyday non-sensicals!

Let's see...what grinds me gears:

I guess the only grammar-ish things that bug me are "dat" for "that" and the word "hataz" for "haters".

JonV

I think people will loose the topic on this thread. The broad range of comments are very lose.

How original... :rolleyes:

That'll teach me!

Gee, I sure hope I don't see such a travesty. Some screws might go lose and I will loose my head....

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Originally Posted by McGornel

Gee, I sure hope I don't see such a travesty. Some screws might go lose and I will loose my head....

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LOL!!!!!! To be honest, I am kind of a spelling freak as well. But I don't let it bug me. :rolleyes: If you're going to complain, I sure hope you never spell anything wrong. Ever. :P

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Originally Posted by Patrick Long

I think people will loose the topic on this thread. The broad range of comments are very lose.

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Pat, "your" so "lose".

JonV

You guys must really hate me LOL I cant help it, I was born a bad spelling and cannot word things. I was actually thinking of putting my phone number in my sig:P

Honestly, I hate when people don't know how to talk properly. Even on the internet.
Spelling doesn't bother me too much, it's more of when people use absolutely no capitalization or punctuation.

because then their sentence is one big sentence and it's goes like this never ending spheal of doom that should be stopped because eventually it turns into a huge paragraph that doesn't make any sense because there are no periods and usually they are lazy about spelling too so it endz up liek thies two


When I can't read what the person is trying to say, then I will tell them to use grammar or at least try to.
Otherwise, I will personally use the best grammar that I can myself, but I try not to bug people about it too much. It just looks sloppy to me.