Same reason why they keep mixing up you’re and your; or there, their, and there. It’s simple stuff, but maybe they’re non-native speakers (or probably just dumb).
what? what words like chose/choose? i struggle to think of any word similar to chose/choose/chosen. chose isnt the same tense as lose. also, choice vs loss. theyre very different.
Just in pronunciation. Usually when you put the two O’s next to each other is affects the pronunciation of the O sound, as it does in chose/choose.
But for some reason the double O in lose/loose does not change the pronunciation of the vowel at all. It instead affects the pronunciation of the S to sound either like an “unvoiced S sound” or a “voiced Z sound.”
If I told you to pronounce “Loo” then we would all agree on what that would sound like, but if I told you to add a Z sound to the end of that “Loo” then you might say “hey you spelled lose wrong, it only has one O.”
That’s the exception to the rule that I was talking about. O sounds and OO sounds are pretty straightforward but they don’t work the way you would expect in the words “lose/loose”.
I don’t know if my explanation makes any sense if you don’t already understand what I’m talking about, but this is the reason so many people on the internet misspell the word “lose”.
Yes, it’s a casual comment, a casual thought written casually. All of your assumptions here don’t apply. Why not spend time having a conversation rather than bringing it to a screeching halt enforcing made up rules? The only time I think criticizing grammar is warranted is if you’re genuinely confused about what they’re trying to say, and you can definitely be more polite when doing it.
Because they’re Liberals, why would they hold a genuine conversation with a Leftist when they can just insult me and move on. They know im right as they very often do and they have no real counterpoint, when I dont have a typing mistake to make fun of they just call me a tankie or a Russian bot for not bowing to the party.
Looses the dogs of war?
Honestly why can’t mofos on the Internet spell ‘loses’ correctly?….
I don’t know, but it’s annoying.
Same reason why they keep mixing up you’re and your; or there, their, and there. It’s simple stuff, but maybe they’re non-native speakers (or probably just dumb).
The spelling of “lose/loose” is the exception to the common rule that words like “chose/choose” follow.
what? what words like chose/choose? i struggle to think of any word similar to chose/choose/chosen. chose isnt the same tense as lose. also, choice vs loss. theyre very different.
Just in pronunciation. Usually when you put the two O’s next to each other is affects the pronunciation of the O sound, as it does in chose/choose.
But for some reason the double O in lose/loose does not change the pronunciation of the vowel at all. It instead affects the pronunciation of the S to sound either like an “unvoiced S sound” or a “voiced Z sound.”
If I told you to pronounce “Loo” then we would all agree on what that would sound like, but if I told you to add a Z sound to the end of that “Loo” then you might say “hey you spelled lose wrong, it only has one O.”
That’s the exception to the rule that I was talking about. O sounds and OO sounds are pretty straightforward but they don’t work the way you would expect in the words “lose/loose”.
I don’t know if my explanation makes any sense if you don’t already understand what I’m talking about, but this is the reason so many people on the internet misspell the word “lose”.
And my Lemmy app won’t let me edit my typos so it’s gonna be even harder to follow lol.
Because English orthography makes no sense.
EVERYONE STOP TALKING! They also forgot an apostrophe. Gotta love prescriptivists.
It highlights lack of care, thought, or capability, thus reducing the impact of the overall message. It matters.
Yes, it’s a casual comment, a casual thought written casually. All of your assumptions here don’t apply. Why not spend time having a conversation rather than bringing it to a screeching halt enforcing made up rules? The only time I think criticizing grammar is warranted is if you’re genuinely confused about what they’re trying to say, and you can definitely be more polite when doing it.
Because they’re Liberals, why would they hold a genuine conversation with a Leftist when they can just insult me and move on. They know im right as they very often do and they have no real counterpoint, when I dont have a typing mistake to make fun of they just call me a tankie or a Russian bot for not bowing to the party.
We disagree on this.
So you’d rather police grammar than provide something to the conversation?
Thanks!
That’s not what prescriptivism is, unless your definition of prescriptivism is “knowing basic spelling rules”
Is that not how language actually works? How is telling people to follow made up rules not prescriptivism?