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I am sorry for sidetracking on this, but I need to understand why I am reading so much 'loose' here on HN. Is this error being used with intent? I have no inte
by badosu 10y ago
I am sorry for sidetracking on this, but I need to understand why I am reading so much 'loose' here on HN.
Is this error being used with intent? I have no interest in shaming grammar errors, it's just that I am seeing this too often here, in the same place where I read great arguments.
English is not my native language, so maybe this is a colloquial use of the word?
- houst0n_ 10y agoMe too!! Nah its an error.. I don't know why it's made so often.. Maybe it was happening all the time and we only started noticing it? It irritates me far less than your/you're tho ;)
- OJFord 10y agoYour write, its an error made all to often. Many people are loser with spelling and grammer online than is you and me.
- houst0n_ 10y agoArgh, the pain! Have an upvote for making me cringe with just two sentences ;)
- OJFord 10y agoSerious comment to compensate for my silly comment: loose/lose actually bugs me more than your/you're errors - because it disrupts my reading of the sentence, especially if read aloud. In most cases the latter error can be glossed over like nothing happened.
- tucaz 10y agoAhhhhhhhh I'm sorry! In fact English is not my native language and I hate making these errors. Thanks to you that specific error is not gonna happen anymore as it was public pointed out. It will help me remember next time.
- badosu 10y agoNo problem at all dude, as I said I have no interest in shaming for grammar, my english is not perfect as well. I just wanted to check if there was some colloquial use of 'loose' that I was not aware of, as I am seeing this a lot and HN sometimes is a benchmark for me of good writing. I am glad you received that with sportsmanship, I am totally for having my errors checked out too, have a good one!