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For crying out loud!!! Homonyms...
Loose = the word you use when something isn't tight enough.
Lose = the word you use when you misplace something. Here is a trick- the one with two "o"s is too loose. The one with one "o" has a lost o. You can't loose a job. |
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01-06-2009, 04:33 PM
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Yes, word usage these days is horrible.
I hate to take this OT, but. The breaks on my car our vary loud these days. If you now how to keep them from squeeling, please let me know. There to loud!! I'd like to insure that they are quite, but I don't want the quite ones to make my car stop further.
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Holy crap, that bugs the crap out of me, too.
I get emails from colleagues with these words misused.
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yeah!!! what he said!! x2
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01-06-2009, 04:45 PM
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My criteria for being educated (many PhD's fail):
The correct use of: "good" and "well." "We're doing good" makes me cringe. |
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dear and deer are homonyms.
Loose \ˈlüs\ and lose \ˈlüz\ are not.
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 lots of folks using well when they should be using good which is more surprising than vice versa too me. 
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Give me a brake. Their's no reason to loose it. Using the wrong word is something you should be able to bare.
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01-06-2009, 05:07 PM
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ok, I'm in for affect and effect...
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01-06-2009, 05:08 PM
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Their are so many examples.
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01-06-2009, 05:10 PM
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Your welcome.
My favourite of all is still 'irregardless' |
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01-06-2009, 05:12 PM
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Adverbs! Where did the damn adverbs go?
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01-06-2009, 05:20 PM
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"Adverbs! Where did the damn adverbs go?"
One rumor I heard was that the Secret Service has confiscated all of them to save President Bush from further verbal embarrassment. |
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01-06-2009, 05:28 PM
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I h8 it when peeps dont know how to use proper grammer in there sentences.
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01-06-2009, 05:32 PM
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How about effect and affect. A lot of people have a hard time with these.
Sample: The policy must be in effect before it will affect me.
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01-06-2009, 05:36 PM
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eye half a spell checker it's plane too sea.
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01-06-2009, 05:38 PM
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Eye eight some hominy for supper the other night. Mmmmmm
Seriously, I did. 
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