58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days 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-squaremessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up1198arrow-down128file-text
arrow-up1170arrow-down1message-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 looking58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square121fedilinkfile-text
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days 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-squareDefault_Defect@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI see it multiple times daily. Whats your secret?
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days 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.