OK- I know that civilization is coming to an end soon, and the zombie hordes are sharpening their knives...and yes we all probably have a lot more important things to complain about but...
PLease people- the word is losing, not loosing.
If I have to see that word loosing one more time, I am going to go insane. Yes that does not bode well for me if I can't even handle a misspelling. I'll probably just keel over and die when the zombies ask for some of my home grown turnips...
Anyways...
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It's Losing, not Loosing!!
It's Losing, not Loosing!!
by thuja » Fri 13 Jul 2007, 12:16:49
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Re: Its Losing, not Loosing!!
by Heineken » Fri 13 Jul 2007, 13:03:28
You know, thuja, I couldn't agree more. The misspelling of "losing" as "loosing" has got to be one of the more annoying, and distracting, gaffes in the use of our communication tools. You see it everywhere, and it points to the deterioration of English so typical of an empire in its waning stages.
Some people think that spelling doesn't matter, but a post riddled with errors like that one tends to carry less weight and credibility with me.
Of course, we all make mistakes.
Some people think that spelling doesn't matter, but a post riddled with errors like that one tends to carry less weight and credibility with me.
Of course, we all make mistakes.
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Re: Its Losing, not Loosing!!
by Last_Laff » Fri 13 Jul 2007, 13:39:29
This is the same thing goes for "then" and "than". But I careless, perfectionism is overrated. Idiots whom thrive in spelling will end up in asylum. 
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Re: Its Losing, not Loosing!!
by grink1tt3n » Fri 13 Jul 2007, 13:54:35
C'mon, you guys really need to losen up
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Re: Its Losing, not Loosing!!
by mekrob » Fri 13 Jul 2007, 14:03:16
Sounds like a loosing cause.
(Like you didn't expect that.)
(Like you didn't expect that.)
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Re: Its Losing, not Loosing!!
by TheDude » Fri 13 Jul 2007, 14:21:39
Yes, people who cant spel are loosers.
Punctuation helps, too. Capitalization. Grammar, people!
BTW "Thuja" is the genus part of the botanical name and should be capitalized. Thus Thuja plicata - Western Redcedar. So every time I see your username I twitch...
Punctuation helps, too. Capitalization. Grammar, people!
BTW "Thuja" is the genus part of the botanical name and should be capitalized. Thus Thuja plicata - Western Redcedar. So every time I see your username I twitch...
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Re: Its Losing, not Loosing!!
by thuja » Fri 13 Jul 2007, 14:23:48
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mekrob', 'S')ounds like a loosing cause.
(Like you didn't expect that.)
(Like you didn't expect that.)
I guess if I don't losen up I'll loose my mind.
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Re: Its Losing, not Loosing!!
by Laughs_Last » Fri 13 Jul 2007, 14:38:13
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Thuja', '[')b]Its Losing, not Loosing!!
Its = It (possesses).
It's = It is.
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Re: Its Losing, not Loosing!!
by thuja » Fri 13 Jul 2007, 14:42:41
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheDude', 'Y')es, people who cant spel are loosers.
Punctuation helps, too. Capitalization. Grammar, people!
BTW "Thuja" is the genus part of the botanical name and should be capitalized. Thus Thuja plicata - Western Redcedar. So every time I see your username I twitch...
Punctuation helps, too. Capitalization. Grammar, people!
BTW "Thuja" is the genus part of the botanical name and should be capitalized. Thus Thuja plicata - Western Redcedar. So every time I see your username I twitch...
Kudos to you for getting my name. Botanists everywhere UNITE!
But as to the capitalizing of genus, the genus and species also need to be italicized to be proper nomenclature... so if I were to be accurate I would call myself Thuja.
Any taxonomic divisions above Genus should not be italicized
- thus Animalia, not Animalia.
If I were trying to differentiate plants or trees, I would certainly use the commonly understood rules of nomenclature for the sake of comprehension...but in this case I like the idea of a non-capitalized thuja- a sort of ee cummings take on a name...
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Re: Its Losing, not Loosing!!
by mmasters » Fri 13 Jul 2007, 14:44:44
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Laughs_Last', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Thuja', '[')b]Its Losing, not Loosing!!
Its = It (possesses).
It's = It is.
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