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0 pointsp1mrx5y ago0 comments

> "Some people are absolutely going to lose their homes / retirement savings at the end of all this."

> So people who will indeed loose their homes

This is a rare example of spelling de-correction.

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Apologies, non native speaker. And I don't get your reply..

So I misspelled lose with loose. But loose in this context can also be a play of words with lose? What are de-corrections?

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0 pointsp1mrx5y ago0 comments

> "Some people are absolutely going to lose their homes / retirement savings at the end of all this."

> So people who will indeed loose their homes

This is a rare example of spelling de-correction.

Apologies, non native speaker. And I don't get your reply..

So I misspelled lose with loose. But loose in this context can also be a play of words with lose? What are de-corrections?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse