Foo - Loose, Lose, Loss, Advise, Advice, - What are the most incorrectly used words?

Loose, Lose, Loss, Advise, Advice.

Anyone else know af any words MORE misused than these in the forums?

I.e.,

"Can anyone give me some advise?"

"I want to loose weight."

So, what are other common incorrectly used words and phrases that you read in these forums?

My pet peeve is through, though and thru!

A lot is often alot!

L8R

Too, to and two!

L8R

Too, to and two!

L8R

e tu, a2psyklnut?

you're, your

whether, weather

Of course I NEVER make these mistakes :D

nuclear - nucular

there, their, they're

wanna

should of, could of, would of

than and then

I road my bike today thru the woods even tho I was tired. My freind came along to. He doe'snt ride alot though. Im new to BMX, wut bike shoud I get?

ARGH! I know I make mistakes. Most, I think, are forgiveable. I have a problem understanding how somebody born and raised in this country can have such a small grasp of the proper use of the language. Some people here, you probably don't know who you are, really need to spend more time in remedial english classes.

edit: Sorry! I should have said an english speaking country. I sometimes forget that we have a fair contingent of people from Canada, Great Britain and Australia. Of course there are a lot of people from Europe who speake better english than some of the Americans here.

I road my bike today thru the woods even tho I was tired. My freind came along to. He doe'snt ride alot though. Im new to BMX, wut bike shoud I get?

ARGH! I know I make mistakes. Most, I think, are forgiveable. I have a problem understanding how somebody born and raised in this country can have such a small grasp of the proper use of the language. Some people here, you probably don't know who you are, really need to spend more time in remedial english classes.

i thought it was rumedial... ???

adj 1: tending or intended to rectify or improve; "a remedial reading course"; "remedial education" 2: tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets" [syn: curative, healing(p), alterative, sanative, therapeutic]

adj 1: tending or intended to rectify or improve; "a remedial reading course"; "remedial education" 2: tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets" [syn: curative, healing(p), alterative, sanative, therapeutic]

oh. so you found a dictionary.... :rolleyes:






























:D

Dictionaries are something all people should be aquainted with. Some more than others.

Foxrider took my answer! How about apostrophe abuse? Can we open that can o' worms?

Dictionaries are something all people should be aquainted with. Some more than others.

I'm sure you meant "acquainted." At least, that is the way it is in my dictionary! :D

Come on Denver gimme a brake! ;)

Yes I know the proper word is break.

Come on Denver gimme a brake! ;)

There you go - another favorite:

break, brake

also

road and rode.

I road my bike on the rode today and used my break twice so I wouldn't brake my leg. I did this upon the advise of my too good freinds, I will advice them that I road carefully! I love you're rules, and I am sure that your a good freind. I like to right alot, and my teacher said if I right right write, I will get an "A" :eek:

There you go - another favorite:

break, brake

also

road and rode.

I road my bike on the rode today and used my break twice so I wouldn't brake my leg. I did this upon the advise of my too good freinds, I will advice them that I road carefully! I love you're rules, and I am sure that your a good freind, :eek:

damned english teachers are infecting everyone. :eek:

Dictionaries are something all people should be aquainted with. Some more than others.

I hate dangling participles and sentence fragments! :rolleyes:

I don't really, but I do love giving people crap about them. :D

A preposition is a bad thing to end a sentence with.

Oh, where is my red pen?



:p

At least I try! I'm a chemist not an english professor!

I iz a netwurk enjinier. If they dosen't has spel chek I iz loss. :D

road and rode.

I road my bike on the rode today and used my break twice so I wouldn't brake my leg. I did this upon the advise of my too good freinds, I will advice them that I road carefully! I love you're rules, and I am sure that your a good freind. I like to right alot, and my teacher said if I right right write, I will get an "A" :eek:

This is a real road in Brisbane.


My spelling peeves (not included so far): sight, site and cite. Seeing 'websight' (sounds like one of Spiderman's powers) is like seeing a slightly crooked picture that I can't straighten.

Its and It's
pedal and peddle
their, there, and they're

A preposition is a bad thing to end a sentence with.

As Winston Churchill famously said, "This is something up with which I shall not put!"

Oh, where is my red pen?



:p


Don't you mean... "Oh, where is my red pen at?" :D

loss
tsk tsk...its iss "losted"..-.any trew enjinear wood no that.

"Advise Needed", drives me nuts... folks using that should have a block-lettered tatoo on their forehead that reads, "I am a &^$%(*& MORON".

You know who you are.

My biggest peeve is preventative,
irregardless of where it's at.

After I threaded the cables through the break lever
its still broke. . . .

I'm an Assembler language programmer,
anything longer than 8 characters is just plain wrong.

Marty

The paomnnehil pweor of the hmuan mnid.

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae.

The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. **** is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

The paomnnehil pweor of the hmuan mnid.

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae.

The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. **** is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

So mcuh for pnhocis!

Ouch, that just hurts my brain! Or, is it brane?

The paomnnehil pweor of the hmuan mnid.

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae.

The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. **** is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Amazing.

At least I try! I'm a chemist not an english professor!

go bakc to being a chemist. i hate english profesors

Irregardless.

Not a real word.

Digger

Ouch, that just hurts my brain! Or, is it brane?
No, it's biarn...or barin...or brian...or, um.... :D

No, it's biarn...or barin...or brian...or, um.... :D

pinky?

Helmut. You're talking about cycling and all of sudden it's about some German guy.

Irregardless.

Not a real word.

Digger

Irregardless (http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=Irregardless.&x=9&y=14)

******** in lieu of stupid.

Maybe not the most incorrectly used words, butte hear are sum goode wons for your next cocktail our.

careen instead of career. Hint: careen means to tilt to one side like a ship, not to lurch or swerve speedily. That's career.

Persuade and convince. Persuade involves action and convince involves thought. "Convinced him he was wrong." "Persuaded him to leave."

Irregardless (http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=Irregardless.&x=9&y=14)

Next you're going to tell me "ain't" is a real word, too. :)

Sell and Sale. 'I need to sale my bike'.

My biggest pet peeve is lazy English, such as 'he played fantastic' instead of 'he played fantastically'. Does it take that much more energy to speak proper? ;)

Next you're going to tell me "ain't" is a real word, too. :)


Well, it ain't.

Irregardless (http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=Irregardless.&x=9&y=14)


From that site:

Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead.

From another (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=irregardless)