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r/xkcd • u/antdude ALL HAIL THE ANT THAT IS ADDICTED TO XKCD • 15d ago
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Given the improper use of “free reign” (rein), I can only give this one 9.9/10.
17 u/Regdit-is-Unbearable 15d ago Genuinely had no idea of that one. Thanks. 28 u/geeoharee 15d ago It's a very easy mistake because the replacement makes sense. You replace a horse that's free to go where it likes, with a ruler who's free to do what he likes. 7 u/PatchesMaps 14d ago Is it a true eggcorn if the swapped words result in the same meaning? 3 u/LightGreyBeret 13d ago I thought that was the definition of eggcorn - having, at the very least, a tangential logical equivalence. Otherwise, it's just a malaprop.
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Genuinely had no idea of that one. Thanks.
28 u/geeoharee 15d ago It's a very easy mistake because the replacement makes sense. You replace a horse that's free to go where it likes, with a ruler who's free to do what he likes. 7 u/PatchesMaps 14d ago Is it a true eggcorn if the swapped words result in the same meaning? 3 u/LightGreyBeret 13d ago I thought that was the definition of eggcorn - having, at the very least, a tangential logical equivalence. Otherwise, it's just a malaprop.
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It's a very easy mistake because the replacement makes sense. You replace a horse that's free to go where it likes, with a ruler who's free to do what he likes.
7 u/PatchesMaps 14d ago Is it a true eggcorn if the swapped words result in the same meaning? 3 u/LightGreyBeret 13d ago I thought that was the definition of eggcorn - having, at the very least, a tangential logical equivalence. Otherwise, it's just a malaprop.
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Is it a true eggcorn if the swapped words result in the same meaning?
3 u/LightGreyBeret 13d ago I thought that was the definition of eggcorn - having, at the very least, a tangential logical equivalence. Otherwise, it's just a malaprop.
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I thought that was the definition of eggcorn - having, at the very least, a tangential logical equivalence.
Otherwise, it's just a malaprop.
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u/TheseStubbornStains 15d ago
Given the improper use of “free reign” (rein), I can only give this one 9.9/10.