ldhenson: (back off man)
ldhenson ([personal profile] ldhenson) wrote2006-08-07 02:37 pm

It's all about the speling.

Look, I love TWOP and probably couldn't live without it (especially now that FT is gone and GAFF seems to be dying a slow death). But sometimes I wish misuse of the phrase "rein in" were a ban-able offense.

Use of the phrase runs rampant in the thread for the latest episode of PR, with good reason, but I actually had to stop reading about a half-dozen pages in when I realized that out of every ten people who use the phrase, approximately eight of them will spell it "reign in." Where the hell does this come from?

[identity profile] theboysgonehome.livejournal.com 2006-08-08 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
I've seen people type "rain in". *facepalm*

[identity profile] ldhenson.livejournal.com 2006-08-09 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
::weeps::