Vocabulary Rant of the Whenever
January 3rd, 2008
If someone’s in danger of running amok, and you want to keep control of them, you rein them in. Like the reins of a horse. You don’t reign them in, and heaven forbid, you never rain them in. “Reign” is only for monarchs.
Sorry, but that’s one I’ve been seeing a lot lately, and it’s getting on my nerves.
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