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Meltdown Monday !..Thousands loose Jobs!

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  • Sir_Humphrey
    Sir_Humphrey Posts: 1,978 Forumite
    On the subject of "o"s, I am not a pedant, but I do find the "loose" thing blody irritating (sic).

    How ironic how the City Boyz who always said public sector workers could never get a job in the "real world" are now facing that very predicament!
    Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. J. K. Galbraith
  • WTF?_2
    WTF?_2 Posts: 4,592 Forumite
    neas wrote: »
    I constantly make mistakes between lose and loose... doesn't make me stupid.


    your a looser :smiley:
    --
    Every pound less borrowed (to buy a house) is more than two pounds less to repay and more than three pounds less to earn, over the course of a typical mortgage.
  • WTF?_2
    WTF?_2 Posts: 4,592 Forumite
    dannyboycey wrote: »
    I'm not one for pedantry, but people getting the basics wrong consistently, is really irritating. Before signing up to a forum, one should be given a quick test on the differences between lose, loose, their, there, and they're.

    Badly placed apostrophes (or should that be apostrophe's?) wind me up.

    Plus of course; Could of, Should of, Would of.


    ARGH!


    Anyone can make a typo or mental slip when spelling a word but it seems that the mistakes are ingrained and the worst thing is that when you see it repeated so many times (in many different forum posts and internet sites and even work emails) it starts to influence the way that you write.
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    Every pound less borrowed (to buy a house) is more than two pounds less to repay and more than three pounds less to earn, over the course of a typical mortgage.
  • dudleyboy
    dudleyboy Posts: 765 Forumite
    !!!!!!? wrote: »
    your a looser :smiley:
    I take it that was intended, !!!!!! ;)
  • phildo_2
    phildo_2 Posts: 43 Forumite
    dannyboycey wrote: »
    I'm not one for pedantry, but people getting the basics wrong consistently, is really irritating. Before signing up to a forum, one should be given a quick test on the differences between lose, loose, their, there, and they're.

    lets not forget bought and brought.....:mad:
  • skap7309
    skap7309 Posts: 874 Forumite
    Dithering_Dad wrote: »
    You mean "EMBARRASSING" ;)

    Haha. !!!!!!, did i spell that right? ;);)
  • Dithering_Dad
    Dithering_Dad Posts: 4,554 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    skap7309 wrote: »
    Haha. !!!!!!, did i spell that right? ;);)

    lol, much better, but I suspect there are a few greek letters in there to get past the MSE swear box! :rotfl:
    Mortgage Free in 3 Years (Apr 2007 / Currently / Δ Difference)
    [strike]● Interest Only Pt: £36,924.12 / £ - - - - 1.00 / Δ £36,923.12[/strike] - Paid off! Yay!! :)
    ● Home Extension: £48,468.07 / £44,435.42 / Δ £4032.65
    ● Repayment Part: £64,331.11 / £59,877.15 / Δ £4453.96
    Total Mortgage Debt: £149,723.30 / £104,313.57 / Δ £45,409.73
  • purch
    purch Posts: 9,865 Forumite
    Just like to say having perfect english doesn't make you intelligent.. it just gives the impression of intellect

    Yes.............if you have nothing intelligent or helpful to add to the conversation then the next best thing appears to be to attempt to belittle anyone who does !!!!
    'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'
  • dudleyboy
    dudleyboy Posts: 765 Forumite
    And let's not forget those who post about their depts on the department free wannabe board...
  • Dithering_Dad
    Dithering_Dad Posts: 4,554 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    dudleyboy wrote: »
    And let's not forget those who post about their depts on the department free wannabe board...

    What about them? I'm losing the thread of this thread now. :huh:
    Mortgage Free in 3 Years (Apr 2007 / Currently / Δ Difference)
    [strike]● Interest Only Pt: £36,924.12 / £ - - - - 1.00 / Δ £36,923.12[/strike] - Paid off! Yay!! :)
    ● Home Extension: £48,468.07 / £44,435.42 / Δ £4032.65
    ● Repayment Part: £64,331.11 / £59,877.15 / Δ £4453.96
    Total Mortgage Debt: £149,723.30 / £104,313.57 / Δ £45,409.73
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