Losing vs. Loosing

[Bullet Bob]

I know the world of the internet hates posters who question grammar.

But why is "loosing" used so often when what is meant is "losing"? From "loosing" weight to "loosing" things.

I've visited three different types of forums this morning, guns, cars, and fountain pens, and like almost every day, I see these words misused.

I almost never see the word "losing" used, and I'm honestly just confused as to why. I have auto correct turned off on all my devices, as I'm perfectly capable of making errors all by myself.

I guess my question is why does this happen? Do auto progrms finish the word when typing? Am I in the wrong universe, or an alternative dimension?

 

[Muss Muggins]

Well, if current societal trends are any indication, "loosing" will soon be included as an acceptable alternate spelling of "losing . . ."

 

[Bullet Bob]

I don't really care that its being used, I just want to understand why, and so often, across such a broad spectrum.

Unlike homophones such as 'peaked' being used when someone means 'piqued', 'loose' and lose' don't sound the same to me.

 

[SPEEDGUNNER]

Ten or so years ago the local junkyard guy bought a new rollback and had "YOU SNOOZE YOU LOSE" painted on both sides of the hood. Problem is, the sign guy misspelled lose so it looks like this "YOU SNOOZE YOU LOOSE". After getting over the anger and embarrassment it has become a bit of a running joke, so on every truck he has bought since he makes sure he gets it lettered "YOU SNOOZE YOU LOOSE". Thank goodness he has a sense of humor...

 

[arjay]

Because there is no shortage of poorly educated people surfing the web which I hope is a good thing lol

 

[JH1951]

I need advise on this to. I'm prolly just dumb, and my grammar isn't excellant, but I'm not gonna let it chace me off the Interweb.

 

[k22fan]

The answer to the original question is ignorance which I have in abundance. Uncertain which to use the last time I typed one of them into a reply I looked it up in the big, heavy Webster I keep at hand. Spell check does not change the wrong word into what you intended.

However, for most of us, using correct spelling and grammar has two draw backs. First, spontaneity is lost making forums less fun, and second, a quicker typer will post the answer ahead of you.

By the way, the spelling error I notice the most often is using the possessive its for the contraction it’s and vise versa.

 

[Onomea]

Loosen up, losers!

And what would Henry Luce have to say about it, huh?

 

[Wee Hooker]

Mispellas of tha wurld, unighte!

 

[muddocktor]

The ones that get to me are brake and break and there and their. They apply the breaks on there car instead off applying the brakes on their car.

 

[Andy Lowry]

To quote Steve Martin, "Some people have a way with words, and others not have way."

 

[rustythread]

...and then there are those full-auto comma guns...

 

[RobertJ.]

Reminds me of that old biker tattoo, which was misspelled: Born Too Loose

Or, perhaps it wasn't misspelled!

 

[Rustyt1953]

 

[Sevens]

I disagree that (generally speaking) the whole internet hates posters who point out grammatical errors. I'll say however that if/when you respond to someone to point out a grammatical error, you certainly invite the next guy to sift through your entry to toss one at you. In this case, you have one in your penultimate sentence, it's merely a typo but I just knew there had to be one.

Someone will likely find one in mine also, simply to pay it forward. However in the (very) unlikely chance that I have managed to make no errors, I think it would be most acceptable and appropriate to deficate on my having used the word "penultimate." Because if you may be thinking that it is the most useless word in the English language... I'd say that it is very close, maybe not the most useless but perhaps right NEXT to the most useless.

 

[soFlaNative]

I disagree that (generally speaking) the whole internet hates posters who point out grammatical errors. I'll say however that if/when you respond to someone to point out a grammatical error, you certainly invite the next guy to sift through your entry to toss one at you. In this case, you have one in your penultimate sentence, it's merely a typo but I just knew there had to be one.

Someone will likely find one in mine also, simply to pay it forward. However in the (very) unlikely chance that I have managed to make no errors, I think it would be most acceptable and appropriate to deficate on my having used the word "penultimate." Because if you may be thinking that it is the most useless word in the English language... I'd say that it is very close, maybe not the most useless but perhaps right NEXT to the most useless.

Uuuhhhhh.......

 

[RobertJ.]

I think it would be most acceptable and appropriate to deficate on my having used the word "penultimate." Because if you may be thinking that it is the most useless word in the English language... I'd say that it is very close, maybe not the most useless but perhaps right NEXT to the most useless.

Okay, I was forced to look up the definition of "penultimate", and upon doing so, realized you made a very clever pun.

And it's spelled "defecate"!

Signed,

Closet Grammar Nazi

 

[riverrat38]

You can buy gun sights from web sites.

Best,
Rick

 

[snubbyfan]

 

[Kiwi cop]

Living Down Under I learnt UK spelling not US, so I get annoyed every time the spellcheck wants to substitute a "z" for an "s" in some words. Even after adding the word to the dictionary doesn't stop it sometimes.

"There" and "their", "your" and "you're", and the others listed above are bad but today's writers do not know the difference between "a" and "an" or when the ' goes before or after the "s" added onto the end of the word and many other grammatical errors.

But the worst are news items I read that either don't make sense either through repeating a phrase at both the beginning and ending of a point or through really bad spelling.

I'm turning into the grumpy old git that I always laughed at when I was younger.

Still I would rather my shooing was "loose" during a competition stage than "lose" the match!