loose is not lose and lose is not loose

Properly picky people of this world unite. You are not alone. I do have a hard time seeing what you mean about "than", how should that sentence read. Other than the "me" should be "I", "He has more than I have." I do see people use then for than quite a lot. Here, I do not correct. At school, where I am a paraeducator, I correct privately, not in front of the students if the teacher makes an error, Some of them will ask me, in front of their class if they have done something wrong. They are self confident enough to admit to being human. We have good relationships

How about there and their? Spelling errors really bother me even though I know I'm the world's worst speller. Guess I think if I have to keep a dictionary handy, everybody else should too. I do cut English as a Second Language people a break. The very fact that they can communicate in another language puts them one up on me.

the english language may seem crazy to a few people i guess.frst of all lose like conected to lost.whereas loose normally indicats something which is not held tight. but in colloquial english,such definitions do nto matter and people use both terms liberally for both of the definitions.but i think that a teacher should know the difference.as for "than" i do use it.hope that i have settled ur query and in case you want more info pls go to th links i have given below! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language http://www.usingenglish.com/ http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/

no u are not crazy it is a common mistake that everyone makes so no need to think over it

yeah, you are sounding all dizzed up, but don't worry, there are other fanatics about grammar like you too. take me for example, i hate to respond to topics oof those people who have their grammar all wrong and am most irritated when i realise i have made a typing mistake after submitting my response.

Count me in as another crazy stickler for grammar. Another one that gets me is using "loan" as a verb, as in "He loaned me some money." Each time I hear that, I feel like saying, " 'Loan' is not a verb!" It still isn't, right? I hear it so much I'm starting to doubt myself!

As a fellow spelling nut, I have to agree! It drives me crazy! I also hate when people get the your and you're wrong, it's so irritating, particularly as it's not that hard to remember the difference. People often tell me off, particularly my friends, for pointing out their spelling mistakes, but I feel compelled to do so... particularly trivial mistakes that should be easy to avoid like lose and loose, your and you're...

i think you had loose something like your mind so you are saying you loose is not lose

well it happens, keeep practicing and be flexible with such things it happens han chill ;)

Ok, I'll admit it too. I'm a bit of a fanatic about grammar and spelling. Some common errors will just jump off the page at me. When I make a post here and notice a typo once I've already hit "post response," it drives me crazy. I find myself wishing for an "edit" button at that point! You would think I'd take advantage of the "preview"!

'He has more than me' is fine - as long as he doesn't have a lot more than me, and then I could be jealous....LOL. I understand your concern about people making grammatical and spelling errors. I think certain people, like you (and me) have a brain that picks these things up very quickly. Others obviously don't, and some just don't care. With some people - like my wife, who invariably says 'loaned' when she means 'borrowed' - you just have to live with it. It's something she picked up as a child, and may be part of her local dialect's approach to this word.

Yeah..that one drives me nuts too..I can never remember which way to use them. Grade school was many decades ago and who can remember all that stuff? There are just some words I never seem to get right. Like there and their..I know the difference but when i don't pay attention. i mess them up.

I'm with you on this. I HATE it when people screw up lose and loose. It's even worse than mixing then/than because they are pronounced so differently. People just don't learn properly for some reason for the other - maybe too much food coloring as a kid or they just were lazy and didn't put in any effort.

cool, you are astounding

I too go nuts over poor grammar and spelling. I am a nurse and read what the other staff members have written and often have to laugh. Many of them are from other countries and English is not their native tongue. Therefore, they write some pretty amusing things. I find myself typing things and having to correct "lose" and "loose". For the other issue, I find myself saying it that way but writing it correctly.

If you are writing, just follow the grammar you learned. Don't be influenced by others especially if it's wrong. If we are not careful, we really commit mistakes especially when they are similar like lose and loose. I am writing and really I encounter such things so I keep on reading, rewriting, my eyes bulging looking for even punctuation marks as I translate the Word of God from Greek to English. Sometimes I say it's easier to compose as you just think of what to write. In translating, even if you differ, you have to follow even punctuation marks. So writing is not really easy. You are not crazy, just meticulous and that's very good. That's necessary in translation work so I am also meticulous.