Joined: Oct 15, 2005 Posts: 1531 Location: Portland, Oregon
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:16 am Post subject: It's Losing, not Loosing!!
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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Joined: Sep 14, 2004 Posts: 6428 Location: Rural Virginia
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:03 am Post subject: Re: Its Losing, not Loosing!!
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. _________________ "Actually, humans died out long ago."
---Abused, abandoned hunting dog
"Things have entered a stage where the only change that is possible is for things to get worse."
---Me and my brother
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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:39 am Post subject: Re: Its Losing, not Loosing!!
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. _________________ "Panic is not a strategy." - BigTex
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:46 am Post subject: Re: Its Losing, not Loosing!!
Grammar Police _________________ Just look at us. Everything is backwards; everything is upside down. Doctors destory health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the major media destroy information and religions destroy spirituality.
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:03 pm Post subject: Re: Its Losing, not Loosing!!
Sounds like a loosing cause.
(Like you didn't expect that.) _________________ I want to put out the fires of Hell, and burn down the rewards of Paradise. They block the way to God. I do not want to worship from fear of punishment or for the promise of reward, but simply for the love of God. - Rabia
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... _________________ Cogito, ergo non satis bibivi
I will not abide another toe.
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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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:44 pm Post subject: Re: Its Losing, not Loosing!!
Laughs_Last wrote:
Thuja wrote:
Its Losing, not Loosing!!
Its = It (possesses).
It's = It is.
Do I win a prize?
_________________ Just look at us. Everything is backwards; everything is upside down. Doctors destory health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the major media destroy information and religions destroy spirituality.
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:12 pm Post subject: Re: It's Losing, not Loosing!!
Thuja said:
Quote:
Any taxanomic divisions above Genus should not be capitalized
- thus Animalia, not Animalia.
Don't you mean "italicized" instead of "capitalized"?
Quote:
acurate
Acurate is not accurate. _________________ I want to put out the fires of Hell, and burn down the rewards of Paradise. They block the way to God. I do not want to worship from fear of punishment or for the promise of reward, but simply for the love of God. - Rabia
Joined: Apr 06, 2006 Posts: 3332 Location: 3 miles NW of Champoeg, Republic of Cascadia
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:56 pm Post subject: Re: It's Losing, not Loosing!!
I updated to Firefox 2.0.0.4 and it's giving me spell check suggestions as I type. Very handy. Wish it could help with the content...
An Australian botanist once compiled a handy table of toxic side effects from working with various popular woods. Western Redcedar was at the very top I think, with all sorts of fun stuff - respiratory problems, hives, dizziness, giddiness, and good 'ol swollen scrotum.
Sounds like being in love, actually... _________________ Cogito, ergo non satis bibivi
I will not abide another toe.
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