Yeah, it's not meant as a criticism. The book is just so fascinating that when I run across those it takes me out of it for a brief period. Everyone commits typos. That Loose/lose one is just one of my biggest pet peeves and it drives me nuts when I see it because it's usually not a typo but how that person thinks it is spelled. I'd actually mentioned it before in the thread back in May but it wasn't addressed so I just mentioned it again. I've even seen professional help manuals and websites that miss that one, since spell check overlooks it. But yeah, there/they're/their drives me nuts, too, as well as your/you're. The worst one has got to be "I should of done that" instead of "I should've done that. ("should have")" That doesn't even make sense. No one is talking about pluperfect subjunctives or anything complicated and esoteric. If I make a basic grammar mistake, I'd rather be corrected here than use it on a job application or presentation to a customer and look foolish. We're all just afraid to be "Grammar Nazis" when, on occasion, it becomes right and proper to make suggestions. Casual posts in a forum might not need corrected (and can technically be rude, unless done in the right manner), but I think a 500 page tome of worthwhile scholarship is one of those situations.

Oh yeah, another one that I see a lot now is Ludacris/ludicrous. Apparently everyone thinks that is how it is spelled now, but I digress.