It's LOSE, not LOOSE!!!

[Clementine_3]

I cringe when I see then used as than, or the other way around. They're, their and there get me too. Lastly, "should of"...it's should HAVE. I should have ignored this post and not answered.
Spelling mistakes (typos) don't bother me as much as grammar mistakes do. I get a lot wrong but like to think I'm not totally out of the ballpark. I think it just boils down to laziness but sometimes I truly have no clue what people are even trying to say.

[ohyeahnow]

LOL. thank you both for a good laugh. First two postings.

[simplechamp]

If you're going to complain, I sure hope you never spell anything wrong. Ever.

I said "loose" bothers me. I couldn't care less about any other spelling or grammar mistakes people make. I'm sure I make mistakes all the time.

[python.princess]

Lose/loose bothers me too. Along with there/their/they're and your/you're than/then.

And the mispelling of the word tongue! It really shouldn't bug me so much but it drives me absolutely insane! Oh well!

[MONTY PYTHON FAN]

...but what I'm saying is...you know what I'm saying?

One brown bear lost all his hair
While rubbing a tree outside his lair

Along came a cat
Who was smarter than that

And totally lost it laughing at furless Ursa

The moral of the story...

Rubbing it too much might lead to nakedness

[Thor26]

Did you intend on spelling that correctly and using the correct form of it? Because you did. -lol-

i dont know what do you think....rofl

[Morphie]

spelling/word usage mistakes don't squick me, but they seem to have an effect on how seriously I consider the actual meaningful content of the words i'm reading.

This is just the way i operate by default. If i somehow already know the person is really intelligent and just happens to suck at typing, of course that would change my perception. I also seem to be able to cut ESL people a lot of slack too (which is good considering how advanced *my* second and third language spelling and grammar are ).

[Ophiuchus]

An extra $.02 from a fellow herper who abhores poor grammar...

I generally agree with the OP, although I'll gladly admit that I'm irked by many more grammatical mishaps than just the "loose/lose" thing.

First of all, the line between a simple typo and an actual misunderstanding on how something is spelled is pretty blurred. I mean, I'm sure we've all spelled "breaded" dragon before or just forgot to put an apostrophe when needed, right? Lord knows, I've done it.

But some of this stuff is elementary. We learned the differences between "lose" and "loose" in grade school, just as we learned the differences of: there, they're, their, your, you're, been (not "benn!"), etc, etc, etc. Yeah yeah, most of us still understand what is being said, but what it says about the poster is one of the following things:

- never actually learned the difference in the first place, in which I blame whatever piss-poor education they recieved as a child
- they learned it once, but because 90% of our society is stupid and never picks up a book once in a while, they forgot...so when they do have to try and communicate by the written word, they're grossly out of practice
- they simply are too lazy to care

Someone once made the argument that some people are handicapped and proper grammar isn't a strong suit of theirs. In some cases, maybe...but IMHO, if you can get online, use the internet to find a forum, read the directions and create your account and start posting, using the basic grammar you learned in grade school shouldn't be that big of a hassle.

[xanaxez]

you know us (country folks) doesn't have much of an edgumocation and all of this NON-SENSE offends me =( lol. i am bad for not paying attention and since i only type with my 2 index fingers i do type like as liek alot.

[Inknsteel]

An extra $.02 from a fellow herper who abhores poor grammar...

I generally agree with the OP, although I'll gladly admit that I'm irked by many more grammatical mishaps than just the "loose/lose" thing.

First of all, the line between a simple typo and an actual misunderstanding on how something is spelled is pretty blurred. I mean, I'm sure we've all spelled "breaded" dragon before or just forgot to put an apostrophe when needed, right? Lord knows, I've done it.

But some of this stuff is elementary. We learned the differences between "lose" and "loose" in grade school, just as we learned the differences of: there, they're, their, your, you're, been (not "benn!"), etc, etc, etc. Yeah yeah, most of us still understand what is being said, but what it says about the poster is one of the following things:

- never actually learned the difference in the first place, in which I blame whatever piss-poor education they recieved as a child
- they learned it once, but because 90% of our society is stupid and never picks up a book once in a while, they forgot...so when they do have to try and communicate by the written word, they're grossly out of practice
- they simply are too lazy to care

Someone once made the argument that some people are handicapped and proper grammar isn't a strong suit of theirs. In some cases, maybe...but IMHO, if you can get online, use the internet to find a forum, read the directions and create your account and start posting, using the basic grammar you learned in grade school shouldn't be that big of a hassle.

I couldn't agree more. I think that people are starting to care less and less about proper spelling and grammar. I actually read an article not too long ago about some professor in the UK who truly believed (this is on a college level mind you) that rather than mark off for incorrect spelling, we should adapt the English language to include common misspellings as "alternate" spelling. I wish I could find the article again, but I have tried in vain. I remember reading it on foxnews.com. I just couldn't believe what I was hearing. Essentially this professor believes that we should adapt our language to view spelling errors as acceptable rather than enforce the established rules of the language. In my opinion, either our early education system is going downhill fast, or in the age of the internet, we've stopped caring about menial things like spelling, punctuation and grammar as long as we get the general point. Does anyone else remember English studies somewhere around the third grade? In the English language, the entire meaning of a sentence can be changed simply by adding or changing a single punctuation mark.

Sorry for the mini-rant. This is also a HUGE pet peeve of mine. Seriously people, if you're old enough to get on the computer, go online, register for the forum, read and post in threads, you can obviously speak English. You should also be able to write how you speak. When I personally get to a post and the first sentence is broken English or "L33T" speak, I will pass right by it. If you can't take the time to write your post in proper English, I won't waste my time giving you an intelligent reply...

/soapbox