MineralMan's Visual Guide to Commonly Misspelled Words: Issue 3

[MineralMan]

Issue three, issued quickly, by popular request, covers Lose/Loose and Loser/Looser.

Previous issues, in reverse order:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1480103
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1479832


Lose/Loser

If you lose in a sports competition, you are the loser.



If you are a loser, someone may do this. People who do this should be aware of the potential for irony:




Loose/Looser

The pants in the photo on the left are quite loose. They're much looser than the pants on the right.

[Taverner]

1. Please tell me you're going to do Affect/Effect

That problem affects me in a big way. The effect of schools not teaching it makes me mad.

[MineralMan]

17. Done! See the link below:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1481631

[eleny]

2. And don't get me started on some of the new pronunciations

When did the letter "u" start being pronounced like the letter "o" in so many words? Oltimate instead of Ultimate. Meh.

[checks-n-balances]

6. I knew about "Usama Bin Laden" but not "Oltimate"! n/t

[eleny]

13. And when did the word default go from dih-fawlt' to dee'-fawlt

I suppose it's sort of a southern pronunciation as in dee'-fence or vee'-hicle. Another big "meh" from me.

[kath]

26. and pronouncing the "t" in "often" -OY.

May be the British pronunciation (not clear), but it sure doesn't sound right to my Murkan ears...

[eleny]

40. funny how some stuff can get on your nerves :)

[Renew Deal]

3. That shirt says "looser"

[Jackpine Radical]

5. Losen up, why dontcha?

[CakeGrrl]

11. How 'bout an International Edition

Featuring oft-misspelled terms like:

Per Se
Voila
Apropos

[whathehell]

31. And don't forget "Quite" and "Quiet", as in it's "quite in here"

Like "loose" and "lose", it seems unforgivably dumb

given that the two aren't even pronounced the same way.:eyes:

[MineralMan]

18. Thus illustrating the frequency with which the error is made.

This image represents the trouble with correcting people's usage, I think. The irony was intentional.

[FSogol]

4. Don't forget "rediculous" and "your/you're" n/t

[polmaven]

19. Don't forget to add

"yore" to that!

[MineralMan]

22. Very good. I'll do those three in a later issue.

[catabryna]

7. I just asked my 10 year old to spell these words...

He got an A.

[LiberalEsto]

8. This is Hugh!

I can't stand it when I see rampant illiteracy.

[dipsydoodle]

9. The one which mystifies me,

and which only comes from US posters for some odd reason, is there instead of they're

[damntexdem]

10. Ooh, a guide to mippselled wodrs!

;-)

[nc4bo]

12. Capital/capitol. nm.

[eppur_se_muova]

47. Was that a complement or a suggestion? :) nt

[Lint Head]

14. Hope you cover their and there.

[MineralMan]

20. Already done, here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1480103

[texastoast]

15. What give's?

My newest issue has to do when a writer write's something with which an apostrophe has no business.

And don't forget to poll whether "anal-retentive" has a hyphen. ;-)

[ChiciB1]

24. Commas Are A Big Problem Too. I Know I'm Guilty Of Not Using Or

using too many from time to time.

I do know people who write EVERYTHING in lower case, and those who simply don't care if something is correct. My husband has always had a slight hearing problem and really destroys pronunciation of many words. His response is "you know what I'm saying, so it doesn't matter." Still I do try to help him out. For me it's a matter of whether (weather, another one) I want to put up with the feeling of finger nails scraping a chalk board or not.

Kind of an OCD thing!

[ellenfl]

59. i type everything in lower case UNLESS i want emphasis.

as a paralegal, i spend my whole work day using correct capitalization so when it comes to play time, i'm not so rigid. since i never took a typing lesson, not obeying the capitalization rules is just easier. i agonize enough over what i post, i'm not going to worry about capitalizing. i'll save my agonizing for grammar, spelling and syntax.

ellen fl

[geardaddy]

25. The "grocer's apostrophe?"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe#Commission:_greengrocers.27_apostrophes

[Cirque du So-What]

16. I'm really enjoying

the visual aid for determining the relative looseness of ladies' pants. You are proving to be a very effective aide in the quest for proper usage.

[ChiciB1]

21. Never Saw Your Post Of This Nature Before... But I'm SURE Glad You're

doing this. There have been so many times I've been tempted to do spelling corrections myself. Then of course, there are grammatical errors too.

I like the way you are presenting these though because I know that some people are immigrants and the English language can get complicated for them. One I notice a lot is, to, too and two. Not that I don't make errors myself or use slang at times, but I have noticed more and more errors as times goes by.

I'm not sure whether it's caused by texting or something else, but I find that even those who aren't immigrants make an awful lot of spelling errors. I'm always tempted to point them out, but as I said, you really never know about the person who has made the error.

Again, I like the little teaching lessons here and hope others do too.

[geardaddy]

23. Excellent.

That one really sticks in my craw.

How about some grammar thingies, too. Especially, "should have went" versus the correct "should have gone."

[Warren DeMontague]

27. Loose/lose is one of the WORST, for sure.

Sort of on/off the subject, have you seen the blog of "unnecessary" "quotation" "marks"?

Funny shit.

http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/

[cui bono]

28. Need one for past tense of lead = led, not lead.

About 95% of the time I see "lead" on here it is meant to be the past tense of lead, not the metal.

(had to fix my own typo! ;) )

[MineralMan]

39. That's a good one, and we shouldn't forget the journalist's

use of "lede." It's incorrect, but it's become standard. It derives from "lead paragraph." I do not know how it came into use, though. As a professional journalist, it has always bugged the heck out of me, and I've always refused to use it.

[stubtoe]

49. I've wondered if some (many?) of these spelling and grammatical errors

have come about through the use of spell-checking software, in particular, in early versions of word processing programs. I recall catching many errors the software missed, because the words were legitimate, but the software wasn't quite smart enough yet to catch the usage error.

[whathehell]

29. Dupe...Self-delete. n/t

[SnoopDog]

30. I always appreciate these tips! - Thanks.

[Morning Dew]

32. For another day

and I'm not dure what you'd do for it...

penultimate

begs the question

[Arkansas Granny]

33. This reminds me of my all-time favorite homemade tattoo which

adorned the arm of a former neighbor that proclaimed that he was "BORN TOO LOOSE".

[MineralMan]

35. LOL! Wearing his identity on his sleeve, as it were.

[gkhouston]

36. Maybe he thought "Mom" was too sappy, so he just bogarted her favorite tat. n/t

[cui bono]

34. Oh! Another one... "should of" instead of "should have".

How did people decide that the word "of" belongs there? I see it all over the internet. (And I do mean ALL over... I get around. }( )

I admit I do abbreviate it as "should've" which may not be proper...

[MineralMan]

37. That's the correct abbreviation.

It may, however, be the source of the "should of" error, since it's been used in writing and speech for so long.

[DevonRex]

38. Hey, those are my jeans!

But my shoes are much cooler.

[socialist_n_TN]

41. These are MY personal pet peeves.........

I post on a sports board too, and I see this ALL the time. What loosers! :)

[hvn_nbr_2]

42. I want to see its-it's. That's the one that drives me nuts. nt

[mitchtv]

43. my favorite is REALTY

often pronounced Reel-it-ty as if it were spelled REALITY which we know as in real life and has nothing to do with the property business

[ellenfl]

57. i work with realtors who call themselves 'real-a-tors'. drives me nuts.

i always want to ask them how they spell that. another pet peeve is 'irregardless' which, unfortunately and after years of misuse, has made it into the dictionary. legitimizing incorrect english irritates me. :banghead:

ellen fl

[Major Hogwash]

44. Great picture of Ali!! Which fight was that?

Man, I watch a lot of reruns of his fights now, too.

He was the greatest! No doubt about it.

[MineralMan]

45. You know, I don't know which fight that was. It looks

like he was the winner, though. I found it with a Google search for knockout.

[Major Hogwash]

46. That was the rematch with Liston in May 1965. Great, great picture!

Since you told me how you found it, I was able to find it and a poster from that same fight.

First round, first minute KO.

Excellent!!!

[MineralMan]

53. Thanks!

[CakeGrrl]

48. Edit!

I see it above ("Should/Would Have" instead of the incorrect "Should/Would Of")

Maybe it's a conflation of the correct contraction "Should've/Would've" now that I think of it...

[Jim Lane]

50. Another request: farther/further (n/t)

[applegrove]

51. I am so guilty of making the lose/loose mistake. It is an automatic error. I need to edit my posts

more.

[MerryBlooms]

52. Very entertaining series of posts. Thanks. n/t

[lunatica]

54. Aw come on. Loosen up.

[Aerows]

55. That one drives me crazy

and it happens all of the time.

[rug]

56. You brought this up just to post those last two pictures.

[Shrek]

58. I nominate jibe \ jive

If you get the chance.

[Recovered Repug]

60. Is this not actually a guide on correct usage

as opposed to correct spelling?