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It's lose, not loose.
- lutusp 14y agoOne of my pet peeves is people who say "reign him in," a malapropism seen with increasing frequency where "rein him in" is what is actually meant. "Rein" is what a cowboy does to a horse. "Reign" is what a monarch does to a kingdom. The problem with errors like this is that computer spell checkers can't correct them, because the wrong word is nevertheless a word. My other pet peeve are people who confuse "sight, "site" and "cite", a malady I call "homophonitis". I regularly receive e-mails saying "I like your websight."