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Re: Remember those pet peeves?Read this story about common spelling abuses becoming accepted and weep: [snipperer] Other mistakes fast becoming the received spelling [snipperer] Well, the story's not quite right, either. Free rein is allowing the horse to go as he will, while you are still on him or in the carriage he's pulling. The story seems to imply that he's merely turned loose. At free rein, the horse still is under control, because the rider or driver, if alert, can take up the reins in an instant. Why would someone do this? For riding, the horse may know better than the rider where to put his feet. When driving on a road, where the choice of direction is obvious, slack reins interfere less with the horse. This can be helpful over long distances. Horses don't like micromanagement any more than tech writers do. What if the driver is not alert? Stories abound of tired or drunk folks who would get (or pour) themselves into the carriage and set out for home, sleeping the whole way, waking only when the horse stopped at the barn. Unreported in the story is the third spelling, free rain. That's a pleonasm. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ WebWorks ePublisher Pro for Word features support for every major Help format plus PDF, HTML and more. Flexible, precise, and efficient content delivery. Try it today!. http://www.webworks.com/techwr-l Doc-To-Help includes a one-click RoboHelp project converter. It's that easy. Watch the demo at http://www.DocToHelp.com/TechwrlList --- You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- infoinfocus -dot- com -dot- To unsubscribe send a blank email to techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/archive%40infoinfocus.com To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Send administrative questions to lisa -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visit http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info. References:
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