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0 pointsfwip10mo ago0 comments

Pet peeve - it's free rein, not free reign. It's a horse riding metaphor.

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0cf8612b2e1e10mo ago· 1 in thread

Bah, well I have been using that incorrectly my entire life. A monarchy/ruler metaphor seems just as logical.

There's a term "eggcorns" for these logical misinterpretations - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn

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