Are we a land of dummies?
In writing, especially on the Internet, I see people write "loose" when they mean "lose". For instance, "She never looses her smile."
THIS IS WRONG!
It should be, "She never loses her smile."
Loose means "not tight".
Lose means "out of sight"
Get it? Got it? Good!
Then there is the use of the word "myself" when "me" or "I" is correct. The only time a person should use the word "myself" is if the person uses the personal pronoun "I" earlier in the sentence.
People say, "James gave a doughnut to Frank and myself."
UGHHH!!!
Another horrible mangling of the English language is the misuse of the phrase, "I could not care less." Many people say it incorrectly, as follows, "I could care less."
You have to put the word "not" in there or you lose the intent of what you mean to say. If you do not use "not" then you are essentially saying that you do care, but that it is possible for you to care less than you do.
2007-08-28
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