“ Lose” and “loose”

Thank you, Grandma70s

Since this is Pedants’ Corner, I feel duty bound to correct Elegran’s Shakespeare quotation. It’s “Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war”, not “let loose the dogs of war”.

Loose trousers are useful in the loos.

Lose weight with one less O. (the really pedantic would say one fewer but they wouldn't need a mnemonic to remember it by. They wouldn't end a sentence with a preposition either.)

She would of done it, doesn't mean I would of done.

Of when they mean have is my fingernails down the blackboard moment!

I have my irksome favourites too. I shall list them:

Draws for drawers.
Breaks for brakes.
Weary for wary.
Loath for loth.

My absolute teeth gnasher though is when people say how they are "Defiantly" going to do something.

I would add 'loss' to this as well.

Off of the grass was a little elf who lived on the green space over the road.

I was educated "dahn Sarf" but also get irritated at poor grammar. Spelling less so as I am the world's worst typist so make a great number of errors.

What about off of. ? Surely the 'of' is unnecessary?

Doodle
Brilliant!
I just needed to say that as I live in Scotland but was not educated here I fear the mighty have fallen.
The worst spelling and grammar I have ever seen is on my local town facebook forum. With added swears!

I didn't mean to do it maw
Coz I like you a lot
I know you are a pedant
But somehow I forgot

I manage their and they're with ease
My there is always right
I'm good with you and your and you're
Effect, affect and write

I use my spell check often
As my spelling is not good
A dictionary won't work for me
Though I suppose it should

Dyslexic is the word they use
For those who cannot spell.
They could have found a shorter word,
As I get that wrong as well.

At school they taught us spelling rhymes
To help us remember how
To understand the differences
Between no and know and now

But lose and loose are my downfall
It makes me want to cry
I just don't know which is which
No matter how I try.

Now maw you are a kindly soul
And I wouldn't want you to fret
So to save us both embarrassment
I'll call it the Toi-let

petunia as long as you lose that's all that matters!
and your clothes become looser

I always think about a goose loose in the rain (Mr Forgetful)! But have to consider the spelling of choose by thinking of the past tense, chose. (Also, pronouncing noose and nose, is it that 'lose' is an exception to the rules of pronunciation in this case? Are there actually any rules?)

Then there are the following:- cough, tough, trough, chough, rough, bough, bought and taught! The only way to pronounce these properly must be to learn them. Oh isn't our language interesting (to a pedant)?

Maw part of the problem is that many did not have the Scottish education that you and I had so will not know or notice the error of their ways.

Haha. It was my post about weight loss. In my defence it was the spell checker and me being in a hurry. Im not hurt or upset. In the scheme of things it is nothing.

TBH cherrytree I could probably pick out half a dozen instances of “lose/loose”, “you’re/your” and “they’re/ their/there” on assorted threads if I could be bothered.
But I can’t.
Other people have their rants, why should ‘t I?

I love pedants corner ?

I would not like another gnetter to be embarrassed or upset.
As I said the other thread is still on active.

It's Pedants Corner Cherrytree so not a thread about a thread. I have seen 'lose' and 'loose' used wrongly on many occasions, in books, in newspapers etc. And the ubiquitous
'I was sat '.

I, for one, hadn't seen the thread about weight loss over 65 until after I'd responded to this one.

No it is not a thread about a thread.
This is Pedants’ Corner where such things are a legitimate topic.

If you lose weight your clothes become looser

(that's the theory, anyway)

Is this not a thread about a thread?
The thread 'Can you loose weight at 65?' is still on the active threads
and this thread may unfortunately cause the gransnetter embarrassment or upset.

Yes, "Cry havoc, and let loose the dogs of war" doesn't mean that the dogs of war will get lost and vanish. If only!

Likewise Charleygirl ?????????????????????