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arrow-up1692arrow-down1external-linkTrump Thinks He Can Take Away Citizenship From Anyone He Doesn’t Like | The president is now musing about trying to revoke Rosie O'Donnell’s birthright citizenship because he doesn’t like herwww.rollingstone.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square119fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareleadore@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoBut in this case either of the homophones works.
minus-squarebetterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoNo, reigns would be incorrect.
minus-squareleadore@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoIt was supposed to be a joke (but only a semi-joke), because ‘reign’ is what monarchs and authoritarians do.
minus-squarebetterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWhich is why that error in diction shows up so often.
But in this case either of the homophones works.
No, reigns would be incorrect.
It was supposed to be a joke (but only a semi-joke), because ‘reign’ is what monarchs and authoritarians do.
Which is why that error in diction shows up so often.