To tell you that it's "rein" not "reign".

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Because it is and it's doing my tits in!!

Rein. Rein. Rein. Rein. Rein.

Free rein. It's an equestrian term meaning to give the horse freedom of movement.

It is NOT reign. That's what the Queen does.

It's right up there with "intensive purposes" and "doggy dog world"!!

Bit unfair to damn autocorrect when it actually gets something right!

The "salivation army" sound like a specialist organisation!

I regularly get asked if I would like a slither of cake. (Cue mental image of a Swiss Roll slithering along the table). SLIVER!!

and the amount of times

number

'Kerb your enthusiasm' and 'show a clean pair of heals'

Ahem, that should be Curb your enthusiasm (curb, meaning to keep in check or restrain).

Show a clean pair of heels means to run away quickly, surely? What are a pair of heals?

The one that really grates on me is obviously an autocorrect, what should be maybe is spelled 'mabey'. 'Mabey' is a group of engineering companies.

I could care less crops up far too often these days.

I notice most of these mistakes but I don't get angry about them. Is it that you think people aren't taking enough care?

People who hate impact as a verb (the verbing of impact :) ) - have you read this? the-independent-george.23207.n7.nabble.com/Impact-and-the-Decline-of-Western-Civilization-td3.html

The illogical 'I could care less' is the American form.

One we can't blame them for is the lack of pluralisation of the £, I even heard it on Radio 4 recently: 'That would cost 30 pound' type of thing. One pound, two or more pounds.

Lack of pluralisation also applies to some imperial units of measurement, we say "I weigh ten stone" not stones, "I'm five foot tall" not feet.

Village fair had a sign up for the Tom Bowler.

Ages ago I did much of dd's cookery apron (school needlework) since she loathed sewing of any description.

I am not at all crap at sewing so was equally put out and amused to get a C+, with the comment, 'Neatness and accuracy are 2 skills which you must practice.' (sic)

A few centuries ago people would have been tutting that PP didn't know it was a napron :)

I saw 'outside of London' in a Times article yesterday.

FFS, the 'of' is redundant!

I really don't know what Times editors are coming to. Might have to write a 'Disgusted of SW London' letter.
Still, it's not quite as bad as 'off of' , which I hear everywhere.

Oh yes I don't really like "outside of" although it's a stylistic preference rather than wrong I suppose.

Guilt-edged is fantastic!

'Mute' point is another one that gets me. It's 'moot' fgs.

Isn't it "moo" point? A cow's opinion is worthless - it is moo.

Moo? No. Moot.

I haven't read all the posts, but have done a search for my particular bugbear, which I didn't find - my apologies if it has already been mentioned. So, it's "lo and behold!", not the opposite of high and behold!
(Oh, am not so sure about defiantly being an auto-correct. Agree about moot. Had the temerity to correct someone for being unreasonable yesterday because they insisted that the plural of "Mum" was "Mum's". Fecking grocer's apostrophe.)

I've just heard (again) heart-wrenching. It's heart-rending. Guts are wrenched.

No it's definitely moo.

Ha, I'd forgotten that episode splendide!

One we can't blame them for is the lack of pluralisation of the £, I even heard it on Radio 4 recently: 'That would cost 30 pound' type of thing. One pound, two or more pounds.

At least they use the currency.

I am sick of the adverts where TVs are 2-4-9 or something else is 5-9-9. That's two hundred and forty-nine pounds or five hundred and ninety-ninety nine pounds!

And what's with 'better than half-price'?

Half-price or less, surely?

Nothing wrong with "better than half price". It simply means this is a better deal than it would be were it half price. Perfectly good language.