Loose could mean "free mobility of the bowels", or, inexact; indefinite; vague; not strict; unrestrained; lax; licentious; dispersedly or openly disposed; not serried; not in possession of the ball(soccer); or the player(rugby); unrestraint; freedom; abandonment; an outbreak of self indulgence; a course of rush; event; upshot, end, as in very loose.I found my post from a while back and find it is still common to see lose spelled incorrectly.Sometimes on purpose I think.
Prudes you'll not aren't featured in photo's like these.
Selecting stocks by pouring over charts is likely to make you poorer indeed, but it is better than making poo rings on it I suppose...As a safety issue can people please refrain from pouring over charts, as in "I will pour over my charts to find a trade".
I don't know what it is that is being poured, but if it is over paper charts there could be a mess and if it is over charts on a screen there is an electrical hazard.
If anyone does need to study a chart carefully and attentively please pore over it instead.
But by far the most common error (which drives me nuts) is "there" for "their" and vice versa.
Let's just try this: "I am going there".
"They all took off their coats".
Is that too hard to remember?
Another rather curious one was "Here, Here!" as an endorsement of what someone has said.
Does that really make sense?
Just spotted this gem in the jokes thread.
A man go's to the optometrist etc.
Go's? GO'S??
What will be next. I have a pimple on my no's?
I don't actually think its that hard.
The spelling and grammar of those on ASF who are under 30 is noticably worse than that of those who are over 30. I also put some of the blame on mobile phone texting which has largely destroyed the spelling of many of those in Generation Y.
In your example, the apostrophe should have been postioned after the 's'.
To be fair, there is much precedence for using the apostrophe to abbreviate a word:. In your example, the apostrophe should have been postioned after the 's'.
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You beat me to it, Timmy. There's a peculiar widespread use of inserting apostrophes where they're not appropriate. The basic principle of their function is:So it should be:
A man gos' to the optometrist?
No. No apostrophe required .... A man goes to the optometrist.
Maybe Noirua was just playing with apostrophes?So Sandra Brown lives in John Smith's House, formally owned by John Smith. Where does spelling and grammar come into it?
Btw, formerly (meaning previously)
There's a peculiar widespread use of inserting apostrophes where they're not appropriate.
Well, perhaps you're just not conscious of it, Mr J.I don't think it's that much of a problem. I haven't seen this at all. Go's was the first example I've seen.
If you really think " gos' " would be right instead of "goes", then perhaps it's not too surprising you don't think inappropriate placement of apostrophes is common. Not having a go at you, Mr J. You usually write good English.A man go's to the optometrist etc.
To be fair, there is much precedence for using the apostrophe to abbreviate a word . In your example, the apostrophe should have been postioned after the 's'.
If you look more carefully you will see a difference in the word House and house.So Sandra Brown lives in John Smith's House, formally owned by John Smith. Where does spelling and grammar come into it?
Once named, that's it.So it is possible for what appears to be written wrongly to in fact be correct.
This is often argued in the use of apostrophes that have been put in the wrong place when naming a Church or School. Wrong at the time, but that is the name of the school now and becomes correct.
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