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Pet peeve - it's free rein, not free reign. It's a horse riding metaphor.
by fwip 1y ago
Pet peeve - it's free rein, not free reign. It's a horse riding metaphor.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 1y agoBah, well I have been using that incorrectly my entire life. A monarchy/ruler metaphor seems just as logical.
- woollysammoth 1y agoThere's a term "eggcorns" for these logical misinterpretations - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn