When users on this board confuse 'loose' and 'lose', it drives me crazy.

oiprocs

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And I ain't no grammar Nazi.

And I'm sure a lot of these posters aren't foreigners.
 

sandorski

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It makes me loose my mind. I am dissappoint that the Education system set them lose upon us.
 

SonnyDaze

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Originally posted by: scorpious
And I'm sure a lot of these posters aren't foreigners.

I had Thin Lizzie and Molly Hatchett posters hanging in my room as a teen. Never a Foreigner poster though.


 

Gibsons

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If you hate small mistakes like that, than you should of stopped reading ATOT by now.
 

Modelworks

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communication = someone understanding what you are thinking
If I understand them then I don't care how they type it, or if they use correct grammar.
 

Sea Moose

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Originally posted by: Red Irish
Originally posted by: Sea Moose
Originally posted by: Red Irish
Originally posted by: Sea Moose
Originally posted by: Mardeth
I hate double negatives.

two negatives = a positive

Not true, but Shakespeare used double negatives all the time...

i meant in simple math.

Mathematics do not apply to grammar

What is a double negative in grammar?

Its like what peter griffin said "how do you turn a phrase?"
 

Red Irish

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Originally posted by: Sea Moose
Originally posted by: Red Irish
Originally posted by: Sea Moose
Originally posted by: Red Irish
Originally posted by: Sea Moose
Originally posted by: Mardeth
I hate double negatives.

two negatives = a positive

Not true, but Shakespeare used double negatives all the time...

i meant in simple math.

Mathematics do not apply to grammar

What is a double negative in grammar?

Its like what peter griffin said "how do you turn a phrase?"

Sorry, don't ask me, I don't know nothing
 

Red Irish

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Originally posted by: Modelworks
communication = someone understanding what you are thinking
If I understand them then I don't care how they type it, or if they use correct grammar.

Well said