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Re: "Lose," and "loose."
« Reply #50 on: January 18, 2010, 04:10:31 PM »
But win you right like that, how do you no when yore write?
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Re: "Lose," and "loose."
« Reply #51 on: January 18, 2010, 04:11:44 PM »
This is rediculus!

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Re: "Lose," and "loose."
« Reply #52 on: January 18, 2010, 05:32:15 PM »
It's unpossible to bemember all the mispronunciations I regularly hear.

One of my favorites is a geometric issue....
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Re: "Lose," and "loose."
« Reply #53 on: January 18, 2010, 05:35:33 PM »
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Okay, so she's naked, but is she articulate?

Well, heck. Get signtific. Tickle her and find out, dude.
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Re: "Lose," and "loose."
« Reply #54 on: January 18, 2010, 05:43:17 PM »
Let's not forget "libary," or "ax" (as I, "I'm going to ax my mother if I can go to the concert").

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Re: "Lose," and "loose."
« Reply #55 on: January 18, 2010, 06:01:47 PM »
Well, heck. Get signtific. Tickle her and find out, dude.

*reaches for a fresh keyboard*

Common ones in my neck of the woods. "Ax," "prolly," etc.
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Re: "Lose," and "loose."
« Reply #56 on: January 18, 2010, 06:07:41 PM »
I just plucked this from an email that was sent to my Wife:
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ps Kristy sorry I wasn't their.  Thanks for the invite. I think you both are great!!.  Thanks for everything!!

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Re: "Lose," and "loose."
« Reply #57 on: January 18, 2010, 08:16:10 PM »
And this from an email I just got from the team captain:
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The Met. League hasn’t lost this match in the five years of its existents
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Re: "Lose," and "loose."
« Reply #58 on: January 18, 2010, 08:34:27 PM »
That's grate, just grate.
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Re: "Lose," and "loose."
« Reply #59 on: January 18, 2010, 08:35:05 PM »
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Let's not forget "libary," or "ax" (as I, "I'm going to ax my mother if I can go to the concert").

Hey. Come you ack like that?
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Re: "Lose," and "loose."
« Reply #60 on: January 18, 2010, 10:19:29 PM »
Don't loose you're cool.  Its only grammar.
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Re: "Lose," and "loose."
« Reply #61 on: January 18, 2010, 10:28:36 PM »
"Swelt"  and "swolt" are not words at all.

Yeah?

Then where did "swelter" come from, huh? Huh?
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Re: "Lose," and "loose."
« Reply #62 on: January 18, 2010, 10:32:35 PM »
Let's not forget "libary," or "ax" (as I, "I'm going to ax my mother if I can go to the concert").

Can't spell, either, can you? Anyone whose anyone nose its "liberry."
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Re: "Lose," and "loose."
« Reply #63 on: January 18, 2010, 11:54:23 PM »
I think this fits here:

The pastor asked if anyone in the congregation  would like to
       express praise for answered prayers.

       A lady stood and walked to the podium.  She said, "I have Praise. Two months ago, my husband, Tom, had a terrible bicycle wreck and his scrotum was completely crushed. The pain was excruciating and the doctors didn't know if they could help him."

       You could hear a muffled gasp from the  men in the congregation as they imagined the pain that poor Tom must have experienced.

       "Tom was unable to hold me or the children," she  went on, "and every move caused him terrible pain. We prayed as the  doctors performed a delicate operation, and it turned out they were able to piece together the crushed remnants of Tom's scrotum, and wrap wire around it to hold it in place."

       Again, the men in the  congregation were unnerved and squirmed uncomfortably as they imagined the horrible surgery performed on Tom.

       "Now," she announced in a  quavering voice, "thank the Lord, Tom is out of the hospital and the  doctors say that with time, his scrotum should recover completely."

       All the men sighed with relief. The pastor rose and tentatively asked if anyone else had something to say. A man stood up and walked slowly to the podium.   He said, "I'm Tom." The entire congregation held its breath. "I just want to tell my wife that the word is sternum."

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Re: "Lose," and "loose."
« Reply #64 on: January 18, 2010, 11:59:54 PM »
Can't spell, either, can you? Anyone whose anyone nose its "liberry."
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Re: "Lose," and "loose."
« Reply #65 on: January 19, 2010, 12:29:24 AM »
Well, it's not just us ignorant APS'ers. Here's a snippet from today's column by nationally syndicated columnist Armstrong Williams. In addition to using "loose," he uses the past tense "would have" to describe a future event.

"Even if Brown looses the race, he would have sent a resonating message to Blue Dog and moderate Democrats."

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Re: "Lose," and "loose."
« Reply #66 on: January 19, 2010, 11:22:25 AM »
Well, it's not just us ignorant APS'ers. Here's a snippet from today's column by nationally syndicated columnist Armstrong Williams. In addition to using "loose," he uses the past tense "would have" to describe a future event.

"Even if Brown looses the race, he would have sent a resonating message to Blue Dog and moderate Democrats."

The past tense is correct here, I believe.  When you describe a hypothetical or counterfactual situation that has not occured, you use the past tense.

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Re: "Lose," and "loose."
« Reply #67 on: January 19, 2010, 11:36:26 AM »
The past tense is correct here, I believe.  When you describe a hypothetical or counterfactual situation that has not occured, you use the past tense.

My grammar is rusty, and I may be wrong, but I think what you're looking for is the past perfect tense: "He will have sent a message."

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Re: "Lose," and "loose."
« Reply #68 on: January 19, 2010, 11:43:13 AM »
Anyway, where the heck is Micro is all this? 

In my experience, people with multiple languages, especially fluency in 3+, tend to be better than just about about anyone else at issues of grammar and word order, if not necessarily punctuation.  Comes from the need to understand how various elements really function instead of being able to rely on colloquialism.  When I have a word use or grammar issue, I ask a friend who is fluent in four languages and proficient in a couple of others as well as historical variations (such as Late Antique Latin, Middle High German, etc).  Another friend is a grad student specializing in Yiddish literature and is therefore fluent in German, Yiddish, and Hebrew, as well as English. These are the people for whom really good and precise construction comes more naturally.  Unfortunately for the rest of us, they are more likely to be writing dissertations and scholarly articles than popular commentary or news.

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Re: "Lose," and "loose."
« Reply #69 on: January 19, 2010, 12:03:32 PM »
My grammar is rusty, and I may be wrong, but I think what you're looking for is the past perfect tense: "He will have sent a message."

BridgeWalker is correct. Sort of. Isn't "he will have sent" the future perfect tense?
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Re: "Lose," and "loose."
« Reply #70 on: January 19, 2010, 01:45:14 PM »
Past, future, whatever. At least it's perfict...er, perfect. ;)

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Re: "Lose," and "loose."
« Reply #71 on: January 19, 2010, 02:06:28 PM »
My grammar is rusty, and I may be wrong, but I think what you're looking for is the past perfect tense: "He will have sent a message."

Actually, it is his construction with "looses" that is incorrect.

He should have said:

"Even if Brown lost the race, he would send a resonating message to Blue Dog and moderate Democrats."

or

"Even if Brown were to lose the race, he would have sent a resonating message to Blue Dog and moderate Democrats."

Future Conditional sense. (Unreal condition)

http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/futureconditional.html

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Re: "Lose," and "loose."
« Reply #72 on: January 19, 2010, 02:24:57 PM »
This thread bothers me alot.
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Re: "Lose," and "loose."
« Reply #73 on: January 19, 2010, 02:31:33 PM »
This thread bothers me alot.

I it bothers me alot, to. Even thow I no the bad gramar is done phasecously, I cringe with each mis-use.

Even from myself. <cringe>
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Re: "Lose," and "loose."
« Reply #74 on: January 19, 2010, 02:55:52 PM »
One of my big pet peeves is bumber as in, "check out this pic of my awesome new bumber sticker!"