Lose vs. Loose

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Loose = not tight (My shoes are loose, for instance)

Lose = not win; no longer have something you had, like

your job, your benefits, your license, your

sanity, the race you are running, etc.

It troubles me that people usually seem to say "loose" when they actually mean "lose".

I am afraid that I am going to start using "loose" instead of "lose", after reading the error so often in others' posts.

Don't read any malice into what I am saying, just accept it for what I said it is. Thanks.

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advice vs advise

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sorry - couldn't get out of the 'bold' print

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31 minutes ago, amoLucia said:

sorry - couldn't get out of the 'bold' print

ha ha. I will starting using it when I'm yelling at someone.

It's H2 selected on this one.

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My pet peeve; "orientated X 3". Huh? You mean "oriented x 3?"

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Just read this one: advice vs. advise. ? You need advice, not advise!

Or when people write "bare with me." Ummmm, no... I am keeping my clothes on, thanks! ☺️

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2 hours ago, morelostthanfound said:

My pet peeve; "orientated X 3". Huh? You mean "oriented x 3?"

That irritates me to no end too! Especially since the word "orientated" gained such wide use in some regions it's now recognized as correct as well. I still say it's wrong, wrong, wrong! Yep, it's my pet peeve as well in case you cant' tell?

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Someone confused exacerbated with exasperated. Very similar, actually took me a minute to remember the difference.

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10 hours ago, morelostthanfound said:

My pet peeve; "orientated X 3". Huh? You mean "oriented x 3?"

NO!!! The correct terminology is orientated. It is only you Americans who do that. ??

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I have a T-Shirt that explains it all. There is also a sweary version using the F word.

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1 hour ago, GrumpyRN said:

NO!!! The correct terminology is orientated. It is only you Americans who do that. ??

Both are grammatically acceptable. (Orientated sounds wrong to me however, being an American and all...)

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On 1/19/2019 at 11:22 PM, CalicoKitty said:

Someone confused exacerbated with exasperated. Very similar, actually took me a minute to remember the difference.

Yeah, the urge to correct that one IRL is *this close* to being uncontrollable.

"He was admitted last month for CHF exasperation..."

It's not that uncommon. And those patients with CHF exasperations have problems with their O2 stats, too.

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1 hour ago, JKL33 said:

Yeah, the urge to correct that one IRL is *this close* to being uncontrollable.

"He was admitted last month for CHF exasperation..."

It's not that uncommon. And those patients with CHF exasperations have problems with their O2 stats, too.

Stop being judgy. Maybe he was exasperated with his CHF! ?

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