Can you have fun when you keep loosing ?

The OP may actually be from Portugal and english may not be the primary language there

It is extremely common among Anglo-Americans who are dimly aware that anyone speaks a language other than English. If you carefully look through all threads on this site that contain this error, you will find the Stars and Stripes next to fully half of those who commit the error.

While English as a second language may explain some errors, it falls short of explaining why this error is so prevalent. Another error that is relatively new and appallingly common is the question of who Magnus is "versing" in the next round.

I suspect an absence of reading published books by literate authors that have been through a process by competent proofreaders prior to publication explains the preponderance of errors of this nature. I would just say, an absence of reading, but folks are reading these forums, Facebook, text messages, and many other things where misspelling is the norm.

So your'e saying that tiny screens, typing with your thumbs, and thinking with your arse, seemingly all go together ?

Sounds eminently plausible.

My nephews tell me I'm a technophobe, and my socks are too high.  Touche'.

Normal is a matter of perspective. If I had been Jane Austen's editor, '"their" would never have been used in her writing as a singular pronoun.

Really? "A guest left their purse in the bathroom", is incorrect?

:P

I'm a perfectionist and hate to lose at anything, even chess, a game I'm not that good at.  On the other hand, at the beginning of the year, my blitz rating was over 150 pts. lower than it is now, so I can see overall that I am (slowly) getting better, and have learned some things.  

Nooooooooo!

If they win, they are smarter. After all, it may have been a girl who beat you.

Thank you, whipkitten, I kind of suspected that Ziryab must be wrong once he picked Jane Austin to criticize:)

So, 18 posts of grammar policing later....

Actually the OP speaks a curious dialect of Galician *runs away*

A guest left her purse in the bathroom. Not many men carry purses.

I do carry a messenger bag, however. It contains my chess files, the latest Informant, an iPad, a comb, tootbrush, shaving kit, a few condoms, ... But, it is not a purse.

I really like that thread : 

1. I was a very small winner 1500, then I tried 1.b4 and lost 150 points, but ...happier, because I tried something else than 1.e4 or 1.d4. Just fun.

2. losing or winning, when u are zen, doesn't matter, it is yin and yang the way to do it is more important than adrenaline of chess mate

3. for us foreigners, u meet three kinda people :

*those who speak perfectly AND laught at us, not helping,

*those who speak perfectly AND help us, we laugh together

*some insulars bashers, we usually laugh at them, with exceptions

And remember : u can lose and be happier face than MVL... when he wins. My favourite is ANAND : eithr he wins, either he loses, he always smiles. Great guy.

The age is important too : I was an angry loser a long time ago,I smoked, and I am a happier loser, which is not at all insulting me, today. I ceased to smoke !

Ty for having reading me, I look for a coach in english, and I coach in american, concerning chess I can coach the way TOULOUSE.