Lose = lost. Loose = not tight.

[Cat]

Public service announcement.

 

[StinkyMeat]

LoL. Not going to lie, used to mix these up myself. Thanks for the heads up though...

 

[yobarman]

I'm finding, cheating gets it faster.

 

[yakko]

Thanks.

 

[etech]

Give it up and try not to notice. The number of times that their and there are used interchangeably on this board will drive you insane.

 

[Goldfish]

You need to make one of these a day.

Your, you're.

There. Their. They're.

I can't believe some people mix those up.

 

[thereds]

Hello Cat.

Lose <> Lost.

PSA for you.

Lost is the past tense of Lose.

 

[LuDaCriS66]

Those grammatical errors annoy the heck out of me. The most common one has got to be when a person uses "your" instead of "you're". Some people even say that they do that because it saves time. Right......................... more like they didn't know the difference.

It's funny when someone calls you a "looser". I see that a lot when playing CS.

 

[hzl eyed grl]

Also need the definitions for:

To
Two
and
Too

 

[RSI]

They should ban all the members who confuse your/you're, their/they're/there, etc.

-RSI

 

[Mookow]

whaaaaaaaaa! whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

seriously, get a LIFE!!!!

 

[RSI]

<< whaaaaaaaaa! whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

seriously, get a LIFE!!!! >>

Typical response from someone trying to defend not knowing any grammar. I very much have a life, and I agree with this thread.

-RSI

 

[Cat]

Well, typing Lose = not found would have been better. The = operator in this case is more like ~=.

 

[McPhreak]

||
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V

 

[js1973]

While you're at it, you might want to clarify the whole "I could/couldn't care less!" thing. That probably gets abused more than anything else here.

 

[pamchenko]

i loose to opti much in sq1.bsp

 

[McPhreak]

<< While you're at it, you might want to clarify the whole "I could/couldn't care less!" thing. That probably gets abused more than anything else here. >>



I couldn't care less...

 

[Squisher]

Your nice for pointing this out, more then you can imagine.

 

[crypticlogin]

How about "its" and "it's"? One of them is a contraction, the other is not!

 

[Infos]

Face facts, there are way too many illiterate people here :disgust:

 

[luv2chill]

people's grammatical/spelling errors don't really bother me, but while we're pointing them out I've noticed quite a few people mix up advise and advice.

advice - n. Opinion about what could or should be done about a situation or problem
advise - v. To offer advice to

Usage:

I give you advice.

or

I advise you.

l2c

 

[FrontlineWarrior]

You have to realize that the average IQ is 100. Although the average IQ on this board is probably higher than that, they are all techies and ferengi. So don't expect them to have perfect grammar LIKE MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

OOGILY GOOGILY HAGAGAGAGAGGA

 

[Haircut]

While we're in the grammar nazi thread I may as well add the apostrophe problem to this.

I continually see people adding apostophes to word when they are not needed.

e.g. I have some CD's to sell.

An apostrophe signifies a belonging, words with an s on the end usually do not need an apostophe.

 

[CStroman]

If I was a mod, I would edit posts to correct poor grammar.

 

[darkjester]

LOL! I forgot about that one. I just added it to the page in my sig. Thanks!