Lose Loose

focae

How difficult is this?

You lose your virginity.

You have a screw loose.

Rant over

Searcher

focae wrote: »

How difficult is this?

You lose your virginity.

You have a screw loose.

Rant over

I'm sure someone will also bring up bought, brought, thier, there and they're!

But in the grand scheme of things does it really matter?
Not everyone has the same level of grammar and spelling ability, and so long as the post is readable then I really don't see a problem.

focae

Searcher wrote: »

But in the grand scheme of things does it really matter?

Hardly at all................that's why it's a rant with a

...........and you missed:
of/off
lend/borrow
of/have

How long a list can we make this.....perhaps we should include grammatically correct examples?

Sooler

eBayers who tell us they bidded :mad: when wot they really did was bid

Mr_Lahey

I will learn you - No, you will teach them.

We won them - No, you beat them.

It also bugs me when people say "i had to do it two times" I know that's not wrong, but what is wrong with "i had to do it twice"

nd ppl who rite in txt - Really annoys me, also there is a guy at my work who says 'lol'

mikey72

Mr_Lahey wrote: »

I will learn you - No, you will teach them.

We won them - No, you beat them.

It also bugs me when people say "i had to do it two times" I know that's not wrong, but what is wrong with "i had to do it twice"

nd ppl who rite in txt - Really annoys me, also there is a guy at my work who says 'lol'

It should be a capital "I".

Mr_Lahey

mikey72 wrote: »

It should be a capital "I".

Absolutely.

raebhoop

Mr_Lahey wrote: »

I will learn you - No, you will teach them.

We won them - No, you beat them.

It also bugs me when people say "i had to do it two times" I know that's not wrong, but what is wrong with "i had to do it twice"

nd ppl who rite in txt - Really annoys me, also there is a guy at my work who says 'lol'

Go on then....order two Mongooses...mongeese...mongice...

Or do what the guy was said to have done...

"Dear Sir, Please send a mongoose...
P.S. Please send another one with it."

Greatgimp

raebhoop wrote: »

Go on then....order two Mongooses...mongeese...mongice...

Silly - everybody knows it's mongii.

kai666

how about 'can you borrow me'

mumOf2wonderfulkids

Mr_Lahey wrote: »

nd ppl who rite in txt - Really annoys me, also there is a guy at my work who says 'lol'

at least you can understand that first part, what is it with all this new text speak???

I'm only 26, but when I get a text from my little brother, it takes me nearly an hour to decipher it!! :mad::D