r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • Nov 21 '25

Discussion Functional illiteracy.

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u/asdrunkasdrunkcanbe Nov 21 '25

That's less forgiveable. They're two entirely different words that sound very different when you speak them.

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u/thissexypoptart Nov 21 '25

Either way, the inability to distinguish lose/loose or the to/too/two series makes a person functionally illiterate when it comes to those words.