grammar (was Re: Automation)

Andrew Berg robotsondrugs at gmail.com
Sat Nov 16 22:44:26 EST 2013


On 2013.11.16 11:02, Paul Smith wrote:
> The one that really irks me is people using "loose" when they mean
> "lose".  These words are not related, and they don't sound the same.
> Plus this mistake is very common; I typically see it at least once a
> day.
Don't be surprised if such people pronounce them the same; a lot of such errors are caused by learning incorrect pronunciation.
For example, people often write 'should of' because that is what they hear (and what they end up saying).

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