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Ruby said:
I'm with you Julia, so don't have any regrets about your post! What is even more amazing (and irritating) is seeing a sentence like this: "I sent the photo's to my friends." If one plural requires the apostrophe, why not the other? It is not even logical. And yet if I point it out I am met with blank stares. I think we have a moral obligation to attempt to uphold standards in spelling and grammar.
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Egad! I can't believe I'm posting to a spelling and grammar conversation. An apostrophe can be used to show plural of an abbreviation. Photographs becomes photo's.
 
tinhat said:
Egad! I can't believe I'm posting to a spelling and grammar conversation. An apostrophe can be used to show plural of an abbreviation. Photographs becomes photo's.
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Sure, but such a practice is almost never seen and can lead to ambiguity. If I were reading a sentence where you were referring to photo's, meaning the plural of one photo (a word we all clearly understand as short for photograph) I think the average reader would find their comprehension of the sentence interrupted while he/she wondered if you were somehow referring to the possessive.

Sorry. A very meandering way of saying I've never actually seen this in common use and think it could confuse the reader.

Interesting point, though, so thanks for your contribution.
 
lose [looz] verb (used with object), lost, los·ing.

1.to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
2. to fail inadvertently to retain (something) in such a way that it cannot be immediately recovered: I just lost a dime under this sofa.
3. to suffer the deprivation of: to lose one's job; to lose one's life.
4. to be bereaved of by death: to lose a sister.
5. to fail to keep, preserve, or maintain: to lose one's balance; to lose one's figure.

loose [loos] adjective, loos·er, loos·est.

1. free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
2. free from anything that binds or restrains; unfettered: loose cats prowling around in alleyways at night.
3. uncombined, as a chemical element.
4. not bound together: to wear one's hair loose.
5. not put up in a package or other container: loose mushrooms.

It's not that HARD !!!!!!!! :banghead:
 
trainspotter said:
lose [looz] verb (used with object), lost, los·ing.

1.to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
2. to fail inadvertently to retain (something) in such a way that it cannot be immediately recovered: I just lost a dime under this sofa.
3. to suffer the deprivation of: to lose one's job; to lose one's life.
4. to be bereaved of by death: to lose a sister.
5. to fail to keep, preserve, or maintain: to lose one's balance; to lose one's figure.

loose [loos] adjective, loos·er, loos·est.

1. free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
2. free from anything that binds or restrains; unfettered: loose cats prowling around in alleyways at night.
3. uncombined, as a chemical element.
4. not bound together: to wear one's hair loose.
5. not put up in a package or other container: loose mushrooms.

It's not that HARD !!!!!!!! :banghead:
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Normally I am not a spelling-Nazi! :p:
Whinging or loosing?
But these two words are the most important in our universe.
 
trainspotter said:
lose [looz] verb (used with object), lost, los·ing.

1.to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
2. to fail inadvertently to retain (something) in such a way that it cannot be immediately recovered: I just lost a dime under this sofa.
3. to suffer the deprivation of: to lose one's job; to lose one's life.
4. to be bereaved of by death: to lose a sister.
5. to fail to keep, preserve, or maintain: to lose one's balance; to lose one's figure.

loose [loos] adjective, loos·er, loos·est.

1. free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
2. free from anything that binds or restrains; unfettered: loose cats prowling around in alleyways at night.
3. uncombined, as a chemical element.
4. not bound together: to wear one's hair loose.
5. not put up in a package or other container: loose mushrooms.

It's not that HARD !!!!!!!! :banghead:
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Disputably the most misspelled word on the internet.. Lose is opposite to win and loose is opposite to tight. Easy way to remember.
 
Wysiwyg said:
Disputably the most misspelled word on the internet.. Lose is opposite to win and loose is opposite to tight. Easy way to remember.
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There would be quite some competition from "your" instead of "you're" and "there" instead of "they're".
 
nulla nulla said:
This is only the second time I have seen/heard this word used. The first time was in "Pirates of the Caribean" when Captian Jack Sparrow provided the correct enunciation to a harlot in Tortega. I had to look it up. Today the meaning has taken on a negative connotation where originaly it could be used in a complementary manner.

You learn something every day. (apologies for any spelling errors.) :)
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That's another one of my favourite nits to pick:
complementary denotes an additional component that makes something more complete.
complimentary pays someone a compliment and/or adds something without extra charge

How often do we see those two used in the wrong context! :confused:

... and don't get me started on "definately". That is definitely NOT an English word. :2twocents
 
I'm still wondering when 'of' became interchangeable with 'have'.

Surely it can't be too long before sentences like "I of to go to the loo" appear, or "I of twenty dollars in my wallet". :eek:
 
I have noticed that this one has been mixed up a lot on the forums lately (maybe it's just one person and I keep seeing their posts).

"Of course" - an informal way of saying 'yes' or to give someone permission to do something.

"Off course" - used when a object doesn't follow a planned, or intended, route.
 
Yes, I've noticed that too. But nowhere near as common as "their" "they're" "there".

Another one which comes up from time to time is 'here, here' instead of 'hear, hear'. How does the expression 'here, here' possibly make sense in wishing to endorse a sentiment, viz 'hear that over again'?
 
Well, you know, we aren't supposed to start sentences with conjunctions in general and fragment sentences with coordinating conjunctions. Although many people can't help but using subordinate conjunctions as sentence starters. Oh well. :rolleyes:
 
McLovin said:
"Mind due" really gets me. :mad:
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It took me several seconds to figure out what that was supposed to be.:rolleyes:

Tisme said:
Well, you know, we aren't supposed to start sentences with conjunctions in general and fragment sentences with coordinating conjunctions. Although many people can't help but using subordinate conjunctions as sentence starters. Oh well. :rolleyes:
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That was certainly the case when you and I were taught grammar, but now old fashioned.
It often makes sense in terms of conveying emphasis .
I first noticed it about twenty years ago in fiction and op ed pieces.
 
I like portmanteaus like:

frenemy;
turducken;
mockumentary;
etc.

New ones seem to crop up regularly on Facebook and Twitter.
 
McLovin said:
"Mind due" really gets me. :mad:
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I have never seen "mind you" spelt like that...but in pronunciation it's normal Strine. It's the way we normally talk
e..g.;

"Jegoda the footy?"

Friend: "Nar dingo - sorten tv."

"Waddya think of Smithy? Idney great!?"

"Eeza rep bairg."

"Eediddit without retrine

And doansay we don't
 
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