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To: C210N

You’re not the only one on FR who does this, but you hit my grammar police nerve with “reigning in spending...”

The correct usage is “reining in...” like pulling up the reins on a horse to slow its forward motion.

“Reigning” is for kings. We have No Kings in America.


53 posted on 08/26/2026 9:32:57 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens. --DJT)
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To: Albion Wilde

re: “reigning” and “reining”

Thanks! I will add to my learning grammar list, with their/there/etc and two/too/to.

Appreciate your correction. I remember always writing “vacume”, until corrected to “vacuum”, and have behaved ever since.


59 posted on 08/26/2026 11:29:18 AM PDT by C210N
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