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iron chef
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Originally posted by RogB:
When you say loose instead of lose enough times it finally becomes proper usage.

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Poe's Law dude. You had me going for about five seconds there.
 
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Originally posted by nhtagmember:

I always thought that piqued was the future tense of poke.
Past pluperfect subjunctive.


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You rein in or give someone/something "free rein" (in the same manner, figuratively, as the reins controlling a horse), not reign.




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The rein in Spein, no, that's not it.

The reign in Speign, that's not it either.

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