>>we’ll “loose” everything our forefathers lived and died for<<
This is directed at anyone who confuses “loose” and “lose,” and not just you, RC2
Here’s a little tip I give very young children, all of whom recognize the word “goose.”
The word “loose” looks exactly like “goose” only it starts with an “L” and they rhyme. Think “the loose goose” or “the goose is loose”, whichever you prefer, to remember the association.
The other word is “lose.” As in “A person who can’t keep ‘lose’ and ‘loose’ straight will lose at least some respect in any written communication.” Sorry, but that’s a fact.
Again, I don’t mean to pick on you personally; this is an issue that people do need to settle in their minds if they’re going to try to influence others with the written word.
I understand. The older I git, the worser my spellin gets. Just an old cowboy here but still people understand me and know what I’m talking about.
While true, I think many such instances are typos, not lack of knowledge. I have trouble with homonyms. My fingers just seem to type the first one that occurs to them, whether that is the correct one or not. I have to proof read very carefully. And I still miss some, particularly "their" and "there", rarely the triple "to", "too" and "two", but occasionally the first pair, just as an ordinary typo. With repeated letters, it's easy to miss one.