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"!!

I heard someone yesterday day say they were 'illegible' for housing when they really meant 'eligible'. Not for the first time either. 🙄

"Not many people apart from mathematicians need to use the former."

Apart from mathematicians!? What? I use the word discrete when it is apposite to do so.

Vicious not viscous. (Mind you, "viscous" in the wrong context always makes me laugh, as it reminds me somehow of Krook's spontaneous combustion in "Bleak House" )

Viscous dogs ... thick and not inclined to run?

Cara I looked up the free rein/reign thing a white ago (to prove that I was right) and it said that rein is correct but that reign isn't too bad because it does sort of make sense- you could say that Henry Vlll had free reign over the country and generally only horsey people would know what free rein means.
I agree with so many on here and especially hate phase instead of faze.
Also, someone does something off their own bat NOT back.
Yes to Here Here (although when I listened to Parliament when I was younger, I thought they were shouting 'Yeah! Yeah!'
A friend of mine has just done a cookery evening course and is hosting a party starting with a 'selection of canopies'

Another equestrian one I see used frequently... 'bridal way'
and 'bridal complete with reigns'

MrsHooliesCardigan - thank you so much for the "selection of canopies". Made my morning!

I've just remembered an old favourite, "duck" tape for "duct" tape

SirChenjin. Am going back to p6 here... Please can you start signing Lady Cressida De Flanges or similar? Please.

Did anyone see The Apprentice episode recently where 2 contestants trying to flog a boat kept referring to its magnificent canapé? In the spirit of fair play one had English as an additional language. The other has no excuse. She sold 2. That level of thickness about a product you were selling would put me right off. And yes, I know the previous sentence is all kinds of wrong!

Duck tape is a brand now, so it does exist.

Loving someone took that marketing opportunity for duck tape!

There are some claims that 'duck' preceded 'duct' - but others say thats quack etymology.

Sorry, meant to add link en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape

I have not read the full thread but this is so bad I don't care if it has already been done.

Very unique - not it isn't, unique means one of a kind, it can't be more unique.

Or 'a bit unique'. No qualifier makes sense with 'unique', does it?