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reeking havoc
REEKING HAVOC
WREAKING HAVOC
“Reeking” means “smelling strongly,” so that can’t be right. The phrase simply means “working great destruction.” “Havoc” has always referred to
general destruction in English, but one very old phrase incorporating the word was “cry havoc,” which meant to give an army the signal for pillage. To
“play havoc with” means the same thing as to “wreak havoc." Avoid as well the mistaken “wreck havoc."
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regard/regards
REGARD/REGARDS
Business English is deadly enough without scrambling it. “As regards your downsizing plan . . .” is
acceptable, if stiff. “In regard to” “and “with regard to” are also correct. But “in regards to” is
nonstandard. You can also convey the same idea with “in respect to” or “with respect to."
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regretfully/regrettably
REGRETFULLY/REGRETTABLY
Either word can be used as an adverb to introduce an expression of regret, though conservatives
prefer “regrettably” in sentences like "Regrettably, it rained on the 4th of July.” Within the body of a
sentence, however, “regretfully” may be used only to describe the manner in which someone does
something: “John had to regretfully decline his beloved” s invitation to go hang-gliding because he
was terrified of heights.” If no specified person in the sentence is doing the regretting, but the speaker
is simply asserting “it is to be regretted," the word is “regrettably": “Their boss is regrettably
stubborn."
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reign/rein
REIGN/REIN
A king or queen reigns, but you rein in a horse. The expression “to give rein” means to give in to an
impulse as a spirited horse gives in to its impulse to gallop when you slacken the reins. Similarly, the
correct expression is “free rein,” not “free reign."

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religion
RELIGION
Protestants often refer to “the Catholic religion.” Catholicism is a faith or a church. (Only Protestants
belong to “denominations.") Both Catholics and Protestants follow the Christian religion.
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religion believes
RELIGION BELIEVES
RELIGION TEACHES
People often write things like “Buddhism believes” when they mean to say "Buddhism teaches,” or “Buddhists believe.” Religions do not believe, they
are the objects of belief.
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reluctant/reticent
RELUCTANT/RETICENT
“Reticent” denotes only reluctance to speak; do not use it for any other form of reluctance.
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remuneration/renumeration
REMUNERATION/RENUMERATION
Although “remuneration” looks as if it might mean “repayment” it usually means simply “payment.”
In speech it is often confused with “renumeration,” re-counting (counting again).
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reoccurring
REOCCURRING
RECURRING
It might seem logical to form this word from “occurring” by simply adding a RE- prefix—logical, but wrong. The word is “recurring.” The root form is

“recur,” not “reoccur.” For some reason “recurrent” is seldom transformed into “reoccurrent."
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repel/repulse
REPEL/REPULSE
In most of their meanings these are synonyms, but if you are disgusted by someone, you are repelled,
not repulsed. The confusion is compounded by the fact that “repellent” and “repulsive” mean the
same thing. Go figure.
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resister/resistor
RESISTER/RESISTOR
A resistor is part of an electrical circuit; a person who resists something is a “resister."
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