Thanks for correcting. I can be a (non-correcting) grammar nazi in Swedish , so I wholeheartedly accept your critique.

I'm not a native English speaker and I tend to make this mistake if I don't think twice.

This time I just typed without thinking twice, hence the outcome.

This thread derailing into a discussion about my spelling mistake will probably make me think thrice before I write this word the next time. :D

Thanks for satisfying my curiosity and doing so graciously! I also found the discussion of the phonetics of the two words in other comments enlightening.

"Lose" is pronounced with the "oo" sound like in "ooze", "tool", or "moot". I think people get tripped up on that and spell it the way it sounds.

Which accent do you have that you pronounce "tool" like "two-l"?

American, but in what accent do those words use different vowel sounds?

And also at this point a lot of people are just sick and tired of fighting autocorrect when they type a word right but the autocorrect deems that word not the correct one and swaps it with another (for example typing "fuck" and autocorrect swaps with "duck" and have just begun "eh, anyone with an ounce of IQ will read that how its intended" and move on with their time.

That’s why I write f2k - it’s the i18n version. /s

> Apologies for this. Not trying to be a grammar nazi

You can frame the nitpicking positively: "a good comment like yours deserves good grammar/spelling: I think you meant ..., not ..."

Would you be ok with an addendum to your wise advise?

My spouse indicates that before initiating constructive criticism it is appropriate to inquire if the subject is receptive to such communication.

Loosely, I did know what the comment meant. But clarification can be good.

You mean "Losely", right...

this entire back and forth is loose/lose for everyone

Yeah, they even showed they knew what the person meant. They were curious about why the person chose that particular word as it’s occurred frequently enough to make them wonder how/why it happens.

If you know the answer I’d be happy to hear it.

Not the asker, but I have the same curiosity, as this phenomenon does not seem to occur with other words in English. I suspect it has something to do with "lose" being the only English word with the "oo" vowel followed by an "s", but I find it fascinating that this mistake can occur. And almost exclusively it is made by native English speakers.

This is exactly why I (native English speaker) frequently trip over this spelling.

end u no wut dis comma meen bt its stl a buze 2 mk u rd itt.

I, too, deign not interact with proles daring to converse via their phones. If someone makes an obvious typo on a portable keyboard, they're clearly too ignorant to deserve my precious time.

My brother, I beseech thee reconsider your disdain for the minor foibles of the lower classes.

Mm indeed, I find such comments quite shallow and pedantic.