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Lose Loose

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  • davetrousers
    davetrousers Posts: 5,862 Forumite
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    I can't be bothered to think about the quality of my grammar and spelling. When picked up on it I'll simply reply "Well you know what I mean".
    .....

  • trisontana
    trisontana Posts: 9,472 Forumite
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    focae wrote: »
    Hardly at all................that's why it's a rant with a :D

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

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

    Advice/advise is another one.
    What part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?
  • davetrousers
    davetrousers Posts: 5,862 Forumite
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    trisontana wrote: »
    Advice/advise is another one.

    It's the same for licence.

    Licence is the noun. I need to buy a TV Licence.
    License is the verb. This taxi is licensed.

    American spellcheckers don't know English.
    .....

  • Esqui
    Esqui Posts: 3,414 Forumite
    http://iampaddy.com/spell/ <- NSFW due to bad language
    Squirrel!
    If I tell you who I work for, I'm not allowed to help you. If I don't say, then I can help you with questions and fixing products. Regardless, there's still no secret EU law.
    Now 20% cooler
  • JohalaReewi
    JohalaReewi Posts: 2,614 Forumite
    How about abuse of the pre prefix?
    Prebook
    Preown
    Prereserve
    ...
  • Freddie_Snowbits
    Freddie_Snowbits Posts: 4,328 Forumite
    There, their, they're, yous be alright dear
  • Sneezy
    Sneezy Posts: 570 Forumite
    And you're your!
    Using my phone to post - apologies in advance for any typos
  • chocsessential
    chocsessential Posts: 985 Forumite
    JohalaReewi wrote: »
    How about abuse of the pre prefix?
    Prebook
    Preown
    Prereserve
    ...

    You've reminded me of one of my pet hates - tautologies (or saying something twice). I hate it when people say Advanced Notice. Hold on a minute; giving someone notice IS telling them in advance. Another one is ID documents - they're saying Identity Documents Documents.

    The one I hate most, grr grr grr, is Pin Number. That's Personal Identification Number Number.

    Okay, now I've got those off my chest I can get back to work :)
  • timeportal
    timeportal Posts: 224 Forumite
    edited 22 February 2010 at 2:01PM
    focae wrote: »
    How difficult is this?

    You lose your virginity.

    You have a screw loose.

    Rant over :D

    actually for me, it was a loose screw which lead me to lose my virginity
    Wins 2015:-

    Jan; Jelly Belly Bean dispenser and beans
  • sarahg1969
    sarahg1969 Posts: 6,694 Forumite
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    Why do so many people type defiantly instead of definitely? And weary instead of wary?
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