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Subject: grammar (was Re: Automation)
From: Paul Smith <paul@mad-scientist.net>
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On Sat, 2013-11-16 at 10:11 -0500, Roy Smith wrote:
> In article <mailman.2714.1384611545.18130.python-list@python.org>,
>  William Ray Wing <wrw@mac.com> wrote:
> 
> > And my personal peeve -  using it's (contraction) when its (possessive) 
> > should have been used; occasionally vice-versa.

> And one of mine is when people write, "Here, here!" to signify 
> agreement.  What they really mean to write is, "Hear, hear!", meaning, 
> "Listen to what that person said".

The one that really irks me is people using "loose" when they mean
"lose".  These words are not related, and they don't sound the same.
Plus this mistake is very common; I typically see it at least once a
day.