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> loose since a few years ago i’ve noticed a trend where people write “loose” (not firmly or tightly fixed in place; detached or able to be detached. "a loose
by kmlx 4y ago
> loose
since a few years ago i’ve noticed a trend where people write
“loose” (not firmly or tightly fixed in place; detached or able to be detached. "a loose tooth")
instead of
“lose” (be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something).
"I've lost my appetite")
does anyone know what’s going on?
- avx56 4y agoswipe-to-type?
- _mme 4y agosoy un perdedor
- alar44 4y agoThe ubiquity of spellcheck and autocorrect. I can't spell for shit anymore.
- sethammons 4y agoSpellcheck without autocorrect taught me to spell. I would retry the word with a squiggly red line under it til it was good. Autocorrect doesn't allow this self-remediation and learning. Disable it :)
- goblinux 4y agoi think it’s because choose and chose are pronounced different from loose and lose- but autocorrect has no idea the difference or context of use and so people throw whatever out there
- mkl 4y agoAnd "it's" instead of "its", "you're" and "they're" instead of "your" and "their", "weary" instead of "wary". Lots more people seem to be making these same mistakes.
- hxugufjfjf 4y ago"try and think" "would of" "could of" - english native speakers 2022
- mkl 4y agoWell, "try and" has been valid English for centuries [1], and "would of" and "could of" are not recent problems. [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/were-going-to-explain-the-deal-with-try-and-and-try-to https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/were-going-to-...
- kmlx 4y agoi understand making these mistakes, but it’s been getting worse in the past few years.
- sixstringtheory 4y agoI use swipe typing on my smartphone and it makes these and other close but wrong insertions all the time.
- skocznymroczny 4y agoFor me as a non-native English speaker it might be a case of English having confusing pronunciations. Pronunciation of loose and lose is very similar if not the same (I probably couldn't tell them apart). One might expect lose to be pronounced similarly to words like hose, rose or pose.
- kmlx 4y agoi’m also not a native english speaker, but having to pass english certification exams made me a lot more of pronunciation. loose is /luːs/ lose is /luːz/ notice the “s” and “z”. i’m sure this doesn’t help in languages where “s” and “z” are very close together phonetically.