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-manitcor

  • @[email protected]English
    41•1 year ago

    This wouldn’t be a proper Reddit replacement if an anonymous user didn’t take the time out of his day to type that “free rein” was the correct spelling here

    • DarraignTheSaneEnglish
      22•1 year ago

      Well damnit you are right - in both that it’s not proper reddit replacement without grammar nazis, and that “free rein” is the usual term. It could be argued that reign also works in this case because some moderators seemed to be under the impression that they were unchallenged kings within their subreddit kingdoms.

    • @[email protected]English
      6•1 year ago

      It is?? I’ve been typing it wrong my whole life.

      I’m still writing ‘reign’ though.

      • @starroxEnglish
        11•1 year ago

        I think “reign” is like “rule”. - A king reigns over his people.

        “Rein” is the thing that horse cart drivers use to control the horses. So the rope that goes from horses mouth to drivers hand. You can either “rein (in) the horses” for them to do something, or you can let them “free rein”, meaning they can run as they please.

        • @[email protected]English
          13•1 year ago

          I always imagined it like a king being able to freely reign over his people - so that he can freely do whatever he wants in terms of governing them.