Eggcorn

[Wilson Gray]

>From a discussion of homeless children being allowed to wander:about
in abandoned buildings:

"... the only building in the city that allows _free rein_ to homeless kids ..."


I'm *really* uncertain about this one. It seems to me that this
sorta-kinda-maybe calls for "... allows free _range_," since the kids
are *wandering about* within the building, but, WTF, I wouldn't bet
money on it.
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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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-Mark Twain

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