Gallant, I do not pretend to be preaching while arguing for my sentences. I was just pleasingly surprised to find the tool this excellent web site has provided us and was letting you know just in case. The word syntax was typed wrongly. That was my boo-boo. I can take your rudeness without a problem, so can I be stupid, no problem. As I said earlier, I did not mean any insult and there is no insult to anyone whatsoever. In the context of winners, losers are just the opposite: ones who fail to win. I can't do anything about it as it is the way English is written and spoken. I know the other meanings of the word, too, but I explained it was not meant as an insult. I do not even now see anything wrong about my sentences. Also, I'm enlightened by you letting me know about the words. I have a question: do you really think it's not my business to try to imagine what your age could be? Think again! If I fail to win a game, I won't mind me being called a loser even if I put up the best show as long as I know what I did and my capacity. Been there, done that! I'd taken part in essay competitions, quiz contests and poem reading competitions(Remember Radio Nepal Baal Karyakram?), but needless to say I did not come close to any of the winners anywhere. Yes, I WAS A LOSER in each of the contests. So what! I had asked myself how I could have done it better. There is another aspect of the whole thread ... the winners... you guys care about someone else's feeling, which is appreciable. But by raising the same issue this thread has, what might the winners feel after reading this thread! I hope they too will take it graciously and prepare for the future. What about the organizers? To be honest, it is a good idea to encourage these organizers to do more of these kinds of competition more often. This is my bottomline. You may not agree, but I can't help there.