... it may as well be mentioned.
Loose = Not tight
Looser = Less tight
Loser = The opposite of winner
... it may as well be mentioned.
Loose = Not tight
Looser = Less tight
Loser = The opposite of winner
Almost all of our maintenance people at work say things like "unloosen it". I tell them that it is already tight.
My wife asked me to unthaw something... I left it in the freezer.
Irregardless, it doesn't matter. People will use words incorrectly.
Rob R.
People talk wrong alot...
wvumtnbkr wrote: Irregardless, it doesn't matter.
Ohhh... nice use of a portmanteau word!
Perhaps we can start a non-noninflammable word war here.
I know these types of threads have been done but I love them!
I work for the state (of Ma.) and I could tell stories filled with English-language butchery!
That said, automotive forums and Craiglist Cars/Trucks are the best: "I hate drum breaks!", "Disk breaks are much easier to maintain."
It is not just the use of the wrong word that bothers me. Sometimes the issue is the pronunciation.
For example: Supposably. This is not a word. There is no "B" in supposedly.
Sometimes the wrong word usage bothers me too. For example: Take it for granite.
Can't we all just get a long?
Woody wrote: People talk wrong alot...
Axe me if I care.
I don't care neither. Literally, I could care less.
In reply to ebonyandivory:
Once you said MA, I can only imagine.
You should of put this in the off topic section.
Dr. Hess wrote: Axe me if I care.
Go look up the etymology of that one and you'll find that it (Aks) may be the original version of that word and is being used correctly.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/12/03/248515217/why-chaucer-said-ax-instead-of-ask-and-why-some-still-do
The problem is, whose form to use? Who decides what is "correct" and what is "incorrect"? The answer is usually that the speech of those who happen to have money, power, and influence (often correlated with education) wins. So, basically, people are punished socially for not talking like educated middle-aged, middle-class white males. How dare they attempt to represent the company as members of their own (implicitly inferior) subculture? This is an educated middle-aged, middle-class, white male company... 
Leave me alone, I work for Fords.
Your grammar needs fixed.
Chris_V wrote: ...Who decides what is "correct" and what is "incorrect"?...
What a word means is determined by what people think it means, simple as that. There is no real "correct" or "incorrect" here. If enough people think a word means something, that becomes the meaning (or one of them). That is how and why word definitions have and will evolve.
That said, there certainly are completely unnecessary variations that have become popular.
If kids can mince the English language, why can't I?
I prefer the old school, Archie Bunker way.
aircooled wrote:Chris_V wrote: ...Who decides what is "correct" and what is "incorrect"?...What a word means is determined by what people think it means, simple as that. There is no real "correct" or "incorrect" here. If enough people think a word means something, that becomes the meaning (or one of them). That is how and why word definitions have and will evolve. That said, there certainly are completely unnecessary variations that have become popular.
Unless you are french. In which case there is a governing body who decides when to augment the language.
In reply to Chris_V:
So one can't just say "ask" is correct and "aks" is incorrect and is most likely the result of a lack of desire to speak correctly?
No? Ok it's rich, white guys fault!
(Hahahaha... Hahahahahaha)
I stopped to read this before heading to advanced auto parts.
I have an ideal.....
You ain't been....
That widget needs fixed....
All courtesy of management 
I never say; "don't not use double-negatives"
wvumtnbkr wrote: I stopped to read this before heading to advanced auto parts.
Picking up a new rad?
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