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Old 06-15-2011, 07:13 PM   #23 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru
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Originally Posted by Martian View Post
As for me, I have a thing about people who use the word 'loose' when they mean 'lose.' It's getting worse, by which I mean I see that fucking error everywhere. C'mon people, this isn't hard.
Yes, I think it's reaching epidemic proportions.

I think it's because of the pronunciation variance. It's not like people confuse choose and chose nearly as much.
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