To get the rage seeing 'loose' instead of 'lose'

[Calyx72]

I mean come ON

Lose and loose don't even sound the same

It's just so annoying

Anyone else feel the same?
Any other rage inducing errors out there?

@Magicbabywaves

It’s annoying, but actually I think they should be the other way around as lose sounds like the long vowel sound is spelt double o.

Actually that makes sense to me and has reduced my rage a bit. Thanks Magicbabywaves

@LovingLola

Bare with me Reign it in Clicks (usually but not always school mums) And would of, could of, should of

Oh yes 'bare with me' totally

Also 'tow the line' now I come to think of it

@Samcro

What gives me the rage is pendants who don't use the pendant topic 😈😈😈

Or pedants who can't spell

@ComDummings

Don’t loose your shit over it

@LillianBland

I no your cross OP but you need to losen up. 😈

@MissMaple82

You've got serious problems if someone's spelling gives you "the rage" how very judgemental, you need to get a life!

Yeah sorry I'm exaggerating. I do feel some real annoyance though.

@XDownwiththissortofthingX

It's one of the things that has become an instant 'don't bother reading the remainder of the post' things for me when I come across it on here.

Common in posts by people who type a massive long story but don't use sentences or paragraphs, and usually there will be a 'could of' or 'must of' in there, and a 'too/to' for good measure.

I could almost understand it if it was common with people for whom English is their second language, but it's invariably native speakers. I use 'speakers' because they certainly can't write or type in English worth a damn.

Full agreement

I hate when people misuse "myself" thinking it makes them sound intelligent or formal when it's just wrong

Myself and my husband.... no no no!

I wouldn’t loose any sleep over it OP

@Shoxfordian

I hate when people misuse "myself" thinking it makes them sound intelligent or formal when it's just wrong

Myself and my husband.... no no no!

I don't know why people do "myself" like that. It's not as rage inducing for me but I do judge slightly perhaps!

I get the rage too.

I feel awful about it.

I particularly hate..

Greatful instead of grateful
No for know
His instead of he's
You're/your (obviously)
Too/to

Whenever I receive a message that says “bare with me” I’m always tempted to reply “ok, you first”

Brought/bought is the worst by far!

I am generally a good speller, and always notice an incorrect spelling, but I do make the odd mistake for some reason, either being tired or in a hurry (on here or texting). If it's something very important I would make sure I got everything correct. Also, I think a bad speller may well have other talents, so although I notice bad grammar, I don't take any notice of it!

Loose instead of lose really annoys me for some reason. Far more than the other mistakes.

Oh. Apart from then instead of than. Ugh. Just don't. I hate it.

Don’t go near the weight loss boards on here then, OP!

As a non native English speaker I have to admit I struggle big time with some words. Plus you have dyslexic people and people who may not have had the privilege of going to school etc. So I wouldn't get too wound up about it. I really try. I think we all do

I get the rage when I see pedant wankers.

Is “the rage” even correct grammar??

It’s not funny or clever to be a grammar snob.

Breath/breathe. Pretty straightforward you would think.
Wrong all over the place.

@Iggly

I get the rage when I see pedant wankers.

Is “the rage” even correct grammar??

It’s not funny or clever to be a grammar snob.

I’d say it’s not funny or clever to not care about correct English. I realise some people find it difficult - I’m an English teacher, I teach those people as teenagers - but seeing wanting grammar to be correct as ‘snobbery’... Is it because you’ve had enough of experts?

Loose gets to me more than the other ones. I read it as loose and have to go back and re-read. It's for its annoys me a bit too. My mind processes it as 'it is' so I lose the flow of reading, like I do with loose. The other mistakes I just skim past with no problem.

I can't be bothered reading badly written posts, but they have to be really bad. Sometimes if a poster is in a crisis you can see their writing style and flow improve as they calm down. You can nearly hear the breathlessness in the voice in the first posts. That never bothers me writing wise, just bothers me that someone is in a crisis!

Sometimes you get a sanctimonious, pompous and superior poster with poor spelling and grammar. The type who tell posters they shouldn't have had a child/children if they couldn't afford them, and claim they send their own DC to private school/have their mortgage on their large house paid off/can't possibly imagine not having the security of private health insurance/have a very high paying job etc etc and I wonder how they ever got to a place of such financial stability when they can't even spell...

I particularly dislike loose for lose and have recently noticed a lot of been instead of being which I find equally cringeworthy

I don't think that "getting the rage" is proper English. "Being enraged" would be preferable. "The rage" seems to be a recent phrase, as I certainly didn't hear it years ago. It seems to pop up a lot on MN.

No @cardibach - it's because these threads always have a mocking tone. It IS snobbery. Otherwise the discussion would read more like "I'm really interested in language and I'm concerned/confused why some people make mistakes- can you share your understanding of it?"

Which isn't what anyone has said. If people can't spell, it's likely for a few simple reasons - they aren't as clever as you, they haven't had the opportunities you've had or they have an innate learning difficulty. I don't see why any of those reasons would lead a person to feel rage or mock another person.