https://www.justinlanghorst.com/tags/grammar/ Recent content in Grammar on Justin Langhorst https://www.justinlanghorst.com/papermod-cover.png https://www.justinlanghorst.com/papermod-cover.png Hugo -- 0.154.5 en Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:34:00 -0600 https://www.justinlanghorst.com/posts/2008/lose-not-loose-definitely-not-definately/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:34:00 -0600 https://www.justinlanghorst.com/posts/2008/lose-not-loose-definitely-not-definately/ <p>I’m so tired of seeing “loose” used for the word “lose” all over the web. This seems to be an increasingly common grammatical error. If Lose and Loose were to get in a fight, I think Lose might actually lose, especially if they were to fight in a loose manner.</p> <p>I wonder where this misspelling originated from? Maybe it has something to do with the ridiculous nature of English spelling … I mean, doesn’t “luze” make more sense?</p> https://www.justinlanghorst.com/posts/2004/spelling-test-e-and-c/ Fri, 03 Sep 2004 12:34:00 -0600 https://www.justinlanghorst.com/posts/2004/spelling-test-e-and-c/ <p>Somewhere between third and fifth grade, I took a particular spelling test in which there was a relatively short word that contained the letter &ldquo;e.&rdquo; My writing of a lowercase &ldquo;e&rdquo; often looks like a &ldquo;c&rdquo; as I do not give it the care that it much deserves (more on this, never).</p> <p>After we had exchanged papers and finished the grading, the girl who graded mine had a question about this particular word containing the lowercase &ldquo;e.&rdquo; She discussed it with the teacher, and the teacher agreed: &ldquo;c.&rdquo;</p>