Tying up LOOSE ends

[DMRick]

cannot is ONE word

Hmm..my Webster dictionary says you can use it as one word or two.

(I spell checked this three times, I was so afraid I was going to send it through with a typo)

 

[epcotfan]

Originally posted by montessori
Ever since the lucky day I first discovered this site, I have been amazed at the number of people who use the word "loose" when they mean to use the word "lose".
LOOSE rhymes with GOOSE.

LOSE rhymes with BOOZE!

I always wondered this too. I thought it was just me.

 

[Rneighh]

I will have to check out Webster. My American Heritage only shows it as one word.

 

[Dallas_Lady]

My problem is typing too fast and not going back to check...

I always mix up the letters in "teh"

I have a ba dhabit of pressin gthe space ba rtoo soon

And i dont take the time to add an apostrophe to contractions or to capitalize "i" in the middle of a sentence.

i confess!!

 

[Jeanny]

what about too, to and quiet, quite, quit?

There, their, they're drives me absolutely crazy TOO!!!... but you know what.. I'm typing so fast and the font size on my laptop is SO small, I can't see the typo's until I push that little submit reply... Then the typo's JUMP out at me... thank goodness for that edit button... at least I can edit my own..


One of my professors corrected me the other day when I told my boss, "Yes, I brought the purchase order to the Business office" Prof said the correct english is "I took the purchase order to the Business Office" Only in New England do we use "Brought" instead of "took"... I never realized it

Hopefully, I won't hit that space too many times!!

Thanks for making me realize the little things and putting a SMILE on my face..

 

[Gretchen]

Don't get me started on New Englandisms....
Hamburg instead of Hamburger...we're eating lunch here not going to Germany!
Makes me crazy!
Gret

 

[Gillian]

Am I the only one who didn't learn proper English in school? We never diagramed sentences & I can't spell to save my life! I think it was a 70s-80s thing.

Up until this afternoon, there was an it's/its mistake on the DIS home page (wdwinfo.com). Did anyone see it? Or the one in the DIS newsletter? That's my personal pet peeve!

 

[Gillian]

I knew I should have put in some Resorts content! Hello CB!

 

[kejoda]

Hello gillian and everyone. The has been a funny thread to read. For some reason I always spell yoiu with an I, don't know why.

 

[nativetxn]

I'm a fairly good speller but sometimes I'll see an old post of my own and realize that I typed your when I meant to type you're I hate when that happens, but I don't type as well as I spell. I <b>do</b> know the difference in the two words.

 

[cotye]

Me fail English? That's unpossible!