@58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agoIt's pretty cruel, particularly for non-native English speakers, that 'lose' and 'loose' seemingly switched spellings, meanings and pronunciations with each other when no one was lookingmessage-square120arrow-up1202file-text
arrow-up1173message-squareIt's pretty cruel, particularly for non-native English speakers, that 'lose' and 'loose' seemingly switched spellings, meanings and pronunciations with each other when no one was looking@58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square120file-text
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoIt’s been years since I’ve seen people misspelling lose as loose, but I do remember when it was pretty common to see.
minus-square@Default_Defect@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agoI see it multiple times daily. Whats your secret?
minus-squareDrusaslinkfedilink1•3 months agoProbably that the mistake is so common that OP doesn’t even notice it anymore.
It’s been years since I’ve seen people misspelling lose as loose, but I do remember when it was pretty common to see.
I see it multiple times daily. Whats your secret?
Probably that the mistake is so common that OP doesn’t even notice it anymore.