To wonder why people don't know the difference between loose and lose

[Bbq1]

Why is it so many people do not know that "loose' is a totally different word to" lose' with entirely different meanings? There's at least one thread daily using the word incorrectly. For example, "I am going to loose money"... The other one is "reins' and 'reigns'. A poster will say something along the lines of," My toddler wears reigns'. Is it really that difficult to know especially when it comes to loose and lose?

Or when to use commas.
Muphry is always waiting in the wings on these threads. Only reason I open them!

Doubt that any country uses an apostrophe at the beginning of the word they want to quote, and quotation marks at the end though.
Or vice versa.

I’m Dsylexic and get often get words like this mixed up, it wasn’t recognised when I was at school in the 70s/80s therefore a lot of people might also be undiagnosed rather than ‘thick’ as one bitchy but dim poster suggested.

All spelling and grammar mistakes annoy me.

Ect is one of the most annoying.

Lovely!!

And quite a few are lacking in empathy and manners.

One day Microsoft will invent a Decency Checker and the two groups will be on an equal footing, but for now I guess the thickos are in the lead.

I regularly wonder why some people are judgy twats in regards to other people's spelling and grammar.

Complementary / Complimentary
Discreet / Discrete
Bare / Bear
All frequently mixed up.

And the difference between implied and inferred.

And I think that is part of the reason: English has many homophones.

And at the same time we have our mad diversity of pronunciation of the same sounds (e.g ough). There are few rules that can safely be followed.

@Oysterbabe my Mum was similar, left with family, neighbours, temporary orphanage. Her Mum died when she was a toddler & my grandfather worked 'away at sea'. He had no choice if he wanted to house & feed her. A neighbours younger child taught her to read. Her various school didn't care about children in care.

she tried very hard, as an adult to improve her SPAG, but it just wouldn't 'stick'

it stopped her doing things she would have lived to do.

@Bbq1

it's less annoying than people that post everything in AIBU instead of appropriate topics (pedants corner) . Sneering at others is just nasty. Whether it's someone like my Mum or people with bastard iPhones or people with dyslexia or whatever. I'd rather they posted than didn't because of people like you.

People find it difficult for a variety of reasons, I have always struggled with similar sounding ones, not from lack of effort. You can search for the other fifty million threads on this for other reasons and sneering posters.

I know what someone means even if their SPAG is not brilliant but it seems that unless a sentence is grammatically correct some people can't understand the meaning. Sad. I can only infer that judgy people have low comprehension skills.

Haha, I definitely know the difference. I should have been wearing my glasses when I type as I can't see clearly without them.

Some people find spelling and grammar tricky. I think that’s very understandable - much more understandable than not understanding that some people find spelling and grammar tricky and therefore wondering why people get lose and loose confused and needing an explanation from strangers on the internet for that… that’s silly indeed.

Lots of people aren't great and spelling and don't see it as important. Much easier to just ignore it and realise not everyone shares your values.

I can't stand bad grammar or bad spelling, and I'm a product of a very working class family and state schools. Another annoyance is the confusion between "effect" and "affect". Or "there, their, they're"...

Spelling correctly isn't being pedantic. that's a word people use when the criticism applies to them, an inverse snobbery.

It's also the same people who confuse choose, chose and choice.

As someone who was really good with grammar,I definitely struggle the older I get !
I think that many people have missed out on a decent education and shouldn’t be criticised.
Making judgemental comments on an anonymous forum is far worse than spelling mistakes IMHO !

Lend and borrow 🤦‍♀️

It's not higher education, we're not talking about rocket science, most children under 10 will have encountered these words. Yes, there will be genuine reasons why a few people make mistakes but they're the usual excuses trotted out for the general poor English.

This is one that annoys me far more than 'your/you're, could've/could of' - I'm not sure why.

Perhaps it's my accent? I'm Scottish, there is a very definite sound variable between lose and loose and I find it difficult to understand why it's such a common misspelling.

There are a number of mistakes in your OP that you might like to correct before posting about other people's mistakes OP.

I once had to write up formal minutes from a committee dealing with rural matters. I had hair coursing and dear poaching in there. I have ten GCSEs, three A levels and a degree.

I know lose and loose but rein and reign, I would have had a 50% chance of getting the right one.

I also learned in my late twenties that it's Saturday, not Saterday!!

Like a lot of people, I learnt to spell and punctuate using pencil and paper only, not computers. I feel sometimes the words look different/odd in type and I get muddled as my brian doesn’t recognise it somehow. Hope this makes sense.