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I am loathe

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42WallabyWay · 27/01/2024 10:03

Loath - unwilling/reluctant
Loathe - hate/detest

'I am hate to spend so much on something I'll wear once.' This is how I read it!

Am I being a bit OTT to allow such a small, easy-to-make error to bug me? Grin

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HardcoreLadyType · 27/01/2024 10:05

“Am I being a bit OTT to allow such a small, easy-to-make error to bug me?”

Isn’t that what pedants’ corner is for? 😉

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42WallabyWay · 27/01/2024 10:05

HardcoreLadyType · 27/01/2024 10:05

“Am I being a bit OTT to allow such a small, easy-to-make error to bug me?”

Isn’t that what pedants’ corner is for? 😉

Hahaha, I read over my post and saw it. Bollocks!

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HardcoreLadyType · 27/01/2024 10:08

I dont think there’s an error. The sentence is a bit unwieldy, I suppose.

I just meant, grouse away. We’re all pedants, here!

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dudsville · 27/01/2024 10:09

Wow, I did not know they were two seperate words, thank you!!!

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MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 27/01/2024 10:10
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Deata · 27/01/2024 10:11

haha. This one isn’t bad in the great scheme of things. I get more unhappy about ‘Five items or less’. And all the ‘He upset my husband and I’, type sentences.
The one thing I DO struggle over is where speech marks go.
Have I put them in the right places? Does it depend on whether you’re in the UK or US.
I sense pple on here will know :-)

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Workwhat · 27/01/2024 10:12

Am I being a bit OTT to allow such a small, easy-to-make error to bug me? 

Yes

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42WallabyWay · 27/01/2024 10:13

@HardcoreLadyType Ah, I thought the final 'to bug me' didn't look/sound right when I read over. I only worry about my grammar in this corner Grin

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TempleOfBloom · 27/01/2024 10:18

Thank you OP, I hadn’t realised.

And now I have yet more transgressions against our language to rail against when I spot the mistake elsewhere 🤯 😂

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42WallabyWay · 27/01/2024 10:41

@TempleOfBloom I was corrected about 7 years ago on MN for using of/have interchangeably (eg. 'You shouldn't of/have')... I've naturally had to disapprove of others making exactly the same mistake as me since Grin

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PedantScorner · 02/02/2024 19:09

I never hear anyone say 'I loathe' or 'I am loath' in real life.

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