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Subject: Re: Moderation: A basic spelling lesson

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 08:24:06 01/18/00

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On January 18, 2000 at 03:23:53, Shep wrote:

>On January 18, 2000 at 02:54:50, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>
>
>>> Your obviously on Crack Cocaine!
>>
>>your - your barn is on fire
>>you're - you're out of your league
>>they're - they're going to get whacked if they keep that up
>>their - their barn is on fire
>>there - there it is
>>loose - his belt was loose, and that led to disaster
>>lose - we're going to lose this one
>>it's - it's the end of a very long day
>>its - its engine konked out, and I had to walk home
>
>Thanks, Bruce, I think that was necessary. :)
>
>The "loose/lose" mixup is very common here in Germany (where the word "looser"
>is used quite often).
>The "its/it's" thingy can be seen even on CNN... :-|
>
>---
>Shep

The word "lose" is unusual in English, having an odd pronunciation.  So I
understand why folks use "loose", which is more natural.




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