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09-25-2011, 08:29 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Loser vs Looser
Hello,
This is an important announcement from the grammar police.
If you lose the game, you might be a loser. If you have a screw loose and it gets worse, it gets looser.
Lose=Loser
Loose=Looser
Each word continues to have the same number of Os in both forms. Just a pet peeve of mine. Sorry for the interruption. Now back to your regularly scheduled program......
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09-25-2011, 08:36 AM
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Administrator
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Thank you.
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09-25-2011, 08:40 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Great. Now can we agree on the proper use of principal and principle? 
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09-25-2011, 08:46 AM
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gone traveling
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It sounds like "somebody" needs to get a life (IMHO, LOL )...
Then again, maybe it's just because I'm retired and don't want, nor further need to worry about word usage on those "useless" reports that I was paid to formulate  ...
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09-25-2011, 10:13 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Thier you go again, there grammer sure do stink !
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09-25-2011, 10:15 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by frayne
Thier you go again, there grammer sure do stink !
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Yabbut, its better then some. 
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"Exit, pursued by a bear."
The Winter's Tale, William Shakespeare
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09-25-2011, 10:21 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rescueme
It sound like "somebody" needs to get a life
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+1
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09-25-2011, 10:54 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Two, too many grammer police to !
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09-25-2011, 10:58 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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A fair number of folks out there who quality for both--loser and looser..
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09-25-2011, 11:11 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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.... and sometimes typo is just a typo.
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09-25-2011, 11:13 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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09-25-2011, 11:22 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chinaco
.... and sometimes typo is just a typo.
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I'm Type A- myself. 
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"Exit, pursued by a bear."
The Winter's Tale, William Shakespeare
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09-25-2011, 11:33 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Why use preventative when preventive will do? And why orientated vs oriented? The formers are just pretentious...
Thanks, I feel better.
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09-25-2011, 12:01 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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The grammar (or is it grammer?, just kidding) isn't the tough part for me.
It's things like IMHO, how R U? SIL, DW, DH etc. That's when I need to bring out a cheat-cheat
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"If only I had spent more time at work" ... from "Busy Man" sung by Billy Ray Cyrus
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09-25-2011, 12:03 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Midpack
Why use preventative when preventive will do? And why orientated vs oriented? The formers are just pretentious...
Thanks, I feel better.
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I read that the extra syllable became common in the US following large influxes of Italian immigrants because that's how it's spelt in Italian. e.g. "obligated" from "obligato" (Italian) rather than "obliged" (Queen's English).
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09-25-2011, 12:04 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Calendar year or physical year??
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09-25-2011, 12:12 PM
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And could we please stop planing and start planning?
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09-25-2011, 12:15 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Some of my favorites are to, too, and two along with effect and affect.
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09-25-2011, 12:28 PM
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Averse versus adverse
Advice versus advise
The advice to avoid adverse conditions led them to advise others about being risk averse.
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09-25-2011, 12:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lol!
the advice to avoid adverse conditions led them to advise others about being risk averse.
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lol, lol!
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