The thing I don’t get is how often are people using “looses” that it becomes possible to mix it up? I don’t think I have ever used that word in 40 years.
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semperverus@lemmy.world 17 hours agoIts amazing how much of a problem lose vs loose has become lately. But yes, OP should change it to “loses.”
chunes@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
semperverus@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
My guess is that because English is such a mish-mash of other languages and has a lot of contradictory rules, the double-o in loose is how most people would guess the way to spell the “o” sound in lose. To people who haven’t been told otherwise, lose probably sounds similar to hose or dose in their heads and “oo” looks more correct despite being wrong.
SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
For all intensive purposes, we have become too lose with txt quality, and it effects my mental health.
capnbubblebuns@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago