Lose=//=Loose

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I see alot of people using loose instead of lose, I'm not really good in english but this is kinda irritating. (mainly because i was confused by this before)

Lose = fail to win
~copy paste from dictionary~
1. To be unsuccessful in retaining possession of; mislay: He's always losing his car keys.
2.
a. To be deprived of (something one has had): lost her art collection in the fire; lost her job.
b. To be left alone or desolate because of the death of: lost his wife.
c. To be unable to keep alive: a doctor who has lost very few patients.
3. To be unable to keep control or allegiance of: lost his temper at the meeting; is losing supporters by changing his mind.
4. To fail to win; fail in: lost the game; lost the court case.
5. To fail to use or take advantage of: Don't lose a chance to improve your position.
6. To fail to hear, see, or understand: We lost the plane in the fog. I lost her when she started speaking about thermodynamics.
7.
a. To let (oneself) become unable to find the way.
b. To remove (oneself), as from everyday reality into a fantasy world.
8. To rid oneself of: lost five pounds.
9. To consume aimlessly; waste: lost a week in idle occupations.
10. To wander from or become ignorant of: lose one's way.
11.
a. To elude or outdistance: lost their pursuers.
b. To be outdistanced by: chased the thieves but lost them.
12. To become slow by (a specified amount of time). Used of a timepiece.
13. To cause or result in the loss of: Failure to reply to the advertisement lost her the job.
14. To cause to be destroyed. Usually used in the passive: Both planes were lost in the crash.
15. To cause to be damned.
Loose = not taut/fastened
~copy paste from dictionary~
1. Not fastened, restrained, or contained: loose bricks.
2. Not taut, fixed, or rigid: a loose anchor line; a loose chair leg.
3. Free from confinement or imprisonment; unfettered: criminals loose in the neighborhood; dogs that are loose on the streets.
4. Not tight-fitting or tightly fitted: loose shoes.
5. Not bound, bundled, stapled, or gathered together: loose papers.
6. Not compact or dense in arrangement or structure: loose gravel.
7. Lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; idle: loose talk.
8. Not formal; relaxed: a loose atmosphere at the club.
9. Lacking conventional moral restraint in sexual behavior.
10. Not literal or exact: a loose translation.
11. Characterized by a free movement of fluids in the body: a loose cough; loose bowels.

Maybe you have something similiar that you "hate"?
discuss :)
 

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when people confuse ignorance with arrogance. As in if you don't know that ignorance is a lack of insight, and know how, while arrogance is a state of thinking or feeling superior. STFU and put a helmet on.... Its like if you think I'm being a douche because I know what I'm talking about(at least some of the time) and your talking out of your ass check yourself. UGH....

I hate writing and typing, I'm the worst at it. But I can speak better than I write most the time... unless I've drank a 24 pk, but even then I can usually state and hold a decent philosophical argument.
 
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I just can't stand poor spelling and grammar in general, i would correct people, but then you've got idiots taking it as an insult and wanting to start an argument and that is when i'm not being sarcastic about it.

But you've got to consider that English isn't the first language of the vast majority of the people here.
It doesn't irritate me per se, it just get really annoying if your having a conversation.

the annoying thing is when people feel the need to abbreviate every word.
 
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