<Li> progeny and prodigy . Progeny are offspring or things that follow something else . A prodigy is a genius or a marvelous example of something . </Li> <Ul> <Li> rain, reign and rein . A reign refers to the rule of a monarch . Reins are the straps used to control the movements of an animal (typically a horse). Thus, to "take the reins" means to assume control, and to have "free rein" means to be free of constraints . <Ul> <Li> Standard: From dozens of ideas floated to rein in skyrocketing costs of Oregon's public pension system, Gov. John Kitzhaber and lawmakers two years ago pinned their hopes on one, risky option . </Li> <Li> Standard: Harrison would thrive in bench units with less attentive defenders and presumably a less capable lead guard who can let him take the reins from time to time . </Li> <Li> Standard: And there are signs that ESPN's spending may need to be reined in . </Li> <Li> Standard: Thursday's central bank comments came after analysts said allowing market forces free rein could drive the yuan sharply lower . </Li> <Li> Standard: It is but one example of Israel's failure to rein in youths suspected of carrying out ultranationalist attacks . </Li> <Li> Standard: Nationally, gambling has been slow to recover since the Great Recession as people continue to rein in leisure spending . </Li> <Li> Standard: Button's representatives said in a statement Friday that police have told them such thefts have become a growing problem, with thieves pumping in the gas to give them free rein in the properties . </Li> <Li> Standard: It's rare to bring homicide charges against a physician, but the case came amid a prescription drug abuse epidemic that has led lawmakers to try to rein in so - called pill mills that dole out medications with little scrutiny . </Li> <Li> Standard: But reining in Maduro, who became president after Chavez died in 2013, will be tough . </Li> <Li> Standard: A few months later, the ailing president, Boris Yeltsin, stepped aside and Vladimir Putin took the reins as Russian president . </Li> <Li> Non-standard:...the Suns gave Sports Illustrated's Jack McCallum free reign of practices...</Li> <Li> Non-standard: Bobby Jindal, a whiz kid takes the reigns of Louisiana's Department of Health and Hospital </Li> <Li> Non-standard: Taylor will be passing on the reigns of the neighborhood school to Assistant Principal Amy Kleiner . </Li> <Li> Non-standard:...his rein of terror in 1969 is fascinating part of the history of 20th century crime...</Li> <Li> Non-standard: He spent the last four seasons trying to patch together lineups in Houston, where injuries reined supreme, and he had a great deal of success under the circumstances . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: Wesley Johnson: It's more that Johnson was proven a long - limbed bust before Lindsey Hunter and a tanking Phoenix team gave him free reign to jack triples and perhaps clarify his NBA destiny . Johnson still shot just 32 percent from deep amid all that freedom; his chances of membership here look slim . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: Over 13 games, he averaged 15.5 points and 9.9 assists while shooting 44.8 percent from 3 - point range (while reigning in his attempts a bit). </Li> <Li> Non-standard: The transition from the previous luxury tax system, which penalized teams one dollar for every dollar they went over the tax threshold, to the new one that includes an escalating pay scale for every $5 million teams go over the threshold, was supposed to reign in spending and help level the playing field . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: If you're Mike Lupica you have the biggest column in one of America's largest circulation newspapers, you host a prestige show on ESPN each week and you have, presumably, free reign to talk about whatever you want to talk about in sports . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: In fact, many moms say there's no way they would let their children do what their own parents gave them free reign to do as kids . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: Brooks allowed Durant and Westbrook free reign as players and kept an open - door policy in terms of suggestions, not that he had much choice . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: It'll be up to Doc Rivers and Chris Paul to reign Stephenson in early on . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: Mexican fans reigned down debris on Panama players, and the match was held up for 11 minutes before Guardado stepped up to nail his first penalty kick and send the match to extra time . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: Bryant has been given free reign for close to a decade . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> redundant does not mean "useless" or "unable to perform its function". It means that there is an excess of something, that something is "surplus to requirements" and no longer needed . It can also refer to a duplicate of something retained as a backup, failsafe, or reinforcement . <Ul> <Li> Standard: The week before Christmas, the company made seventy - five workers redundant . </Li> <Li> Standard: A new pill that will instantly cure any illness has made antibiotics redundant . (Antibiotics could still be used to cure illnesses, but they are no longer needed because a better pill has been invented .) </Li> <Li> Standard: The security system has two levels of redundancy . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: Over-use of antibiotics risks making them redundant . (This should read: over-use of antibiotics risks making them ineffective) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> regime, regimen and regiment . A regimen is a system of order, and may often refer to the systematic dosing of medication . A regiment is a military unit . <Ul> <Li> Standard: The sick soldier was removed from his regiment . </Li> <Li> Standard: The sick soldier was ordered to complete a regimen of amoxicillin . </Li> <Li> Standard: But there were issues regarding his training regimen and conditioning, and he was demoted by the Kings last season to their American Hockey League affiliate in Manchester . </Li> <Li> Standard: The story states that TB12 markets Guerrero's training regimen as "a proven approach to help people reach and maintain their peak levels of performance . Developed by Brady and his body coach, Alex Guerrero, their revolutionary approaches to wellness in the areas of nutrition and supplementation, as well as physical and mental fitness training, have helped athletes maximize their potential and maintain peak performance levels for more than a decade ." </Li> <Li> Non-standard: But wow, without the daily regiment of basketball, imagine what will happen to him? </Li> <Li> Non-standard: Sports, science and technology are converging at an all - time pace and eight NBA teams are experimenting with a new device designed to optimize and personalize training regiments, thus the ability to maximize performance and reduce injury . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: A treatment regiment, sometimes constant, was not enough . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: It's going to require a lot of additional work but she already runs a lot as part of her training regiment for tennis . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: It would appear that Guerrero's training, eating, and supplemental regiment works, at least for Brady, to whom Guerrero devotes near - constant attention by mapping out his training and nutrition years into the future . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> regretful and regrettable . Regretful is an adjective meaning to be full of regret . Regrettable is an adjective meaning deplorable or unfortunate . <Ul> <Li> Standard: She felt very regretful about her regrettable actions . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> reluctant and reticent . Reticent means quiet and unwilling to speak; reluctant means unwilling to do something . <Ul> <Li> Standard: He was reluctant to come to the party . </Li> <Li> Standard: He is reticent in expressing his feelings . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: He is reticent to press charges . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: The Warriors and New York Knicks have been two of the most persistent suitors for Lowry, but Toronto's recent run of success has made the front office more reticent to unload Lowry, league sources said . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: Detroit's reluctance to pursue Green is understandable, but it's unclear if this reticence to tie up money for 72 hours extends to every restricted free agency on the market . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: Under the current rules, an attractive candidate who does not feel sufficiently well connected to financial resources, is too busy with his current job, thinks he is not "ripe" for a presidential contest, or is, for whatever reason, reticent to run is not likely to enter the fray . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> revert . To revert is to return to a former state, not to reply or respond to someone . <Ul> <Li> Standard: The Hulk reverted to Bruce Banner after he had a nice cup of tea and calmed down a bit . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: Thanks for your email, I will look into this and revert to you . </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> <Li> rain, reign and rein . A reign refers to the rule of a monarch . Reins are the straps used to control the movements of an animal (typically a horse). Thus, to "take the reins" means to assume control, and to have "free rein" means to be free of constraints . <Ul> <Li> Standard: From dozens of ideas floated to rein in skyrocketing costs of Oregon's public pension system, Gov. John Kitzhaber and lawmakers two years ago pinned their hopes on one, risky option . </Li> <Li> Standard: Harrison would thrive in bench units with less attentive defenders and presumably a less capable lead guard who can let him take the reins from time to time . </Li> <Li> Standard: And there are signs that ESPN's spending may need to be reined in . </Li> <Li> Standard: Thursday's central bank comments came after analysts said allowing market forces free rein could drive the yuan sharply lower . </Li> <Li> Standard: It is but one example of Israel's failure to rein in youths suspected of carrying out ultranationalist attacks . </Li> <Li> Standard: Nationally, gambling has been slow to recover since the Great Recession as people continue to rein in leisure spending . </Li> <Li> Standard: Button's representatives said in a statement Friday that police have told them such thefts have become a growing problem, with thieves pumping in the gas to give them free rein in the properties . </Li> <Li> Standard: It's rare to bring homicide charges against a physician, but the case came amid a prescription drug abuse epidemic that has led lawmakers to try to rein in so - called pill mills that dole out medications with little scrutiny . </Li> <Li> Standard: But reining in Maduro, who became president after Chavez died in 2013, will be tough . </Li> <Li> Standard: A few months later, the ailing president, Boris Yeltsin, stepped aside and Vladimir Putin took the reins as Russian president . </Li> <Li> Non-standard:...the Suns gave Sports Illustrated's Jack McCallum free reign of practices...</Li> <Li> Non-standard: Bobby Jindal, a whiz kid takes the reigns of Louisiana's Department of Health and Hospital </Li> <Li> Non-standard: Taylor will be passing on the reigns of the neighborhood school to Assistant Principal Amy Kleiner . </Li> <Li> Non-standard:...his rein of terror in 1969 is fascinating part of the history of 20th century crime...</Li> <Li> Non-standard: He spent the last four seasons trying to patch together lineups in Houston, where injuries reined supreme, and he had a great deal of success under the circumstances . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: Wesley Johnson: It's more that Johnson was proven a long - limbed bust before Lindsey Hunter and a tanking Phoenix team gave him free reign to jack triples and perhaps clarify his NBA destiny . Johnson still shot just 32 percent from deep amid all that freedom; his chances of membership here look slim . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: Over 13 games, he averaged 15.5 points and 9.9 assists while shooting 44.8 percent from 3 - point range (while reigning in his attempts a bit). </Li> <Li> Non-standard: The transition from the previous luxury tax system, which penalized teams one dollar for every dollar they went over the tax threshold, to the new one that includes an escalating pay scale for every $5 million teams go over the threshold, was supposed to reign in spending and help level the playing field . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: If you're Mike Lupica you have the biggest column in one of America's largest circulation newspapers, you host a prestige show on ESPN each week and you have, presumably, free reign to talk about whatever you want to talk about in sports . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: In fact, many moms say there's no way they would let their children do what their own parents gave them free reign to do as kids . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: Brooks allowed Durant and Westbrook free reign as players and kept an open - door policy in terms of suggestions, not that he had much choice . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: It'll be up to Doc Rivers and Chris Paul to reign Stephenson in early on . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: Mexican fans reigned down debris on Panama players, and the match was held up for 11 minutes before Guardado stepped up to nail his first penalty kick and send the match to extra time . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: Bryant has been given free reign for close to a decade . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Ul> <Li> Standard: From dozens of ideas floated to rein in skyrocketing costs of Oregon's public pension system, Gov. John Kitzhaber and lawmakers two years ago pinned their hopes on one, risky option . </Li> <Li> Standard: Harrison would thrive in bench units with less attentive defenders and presumably a less capable lead guard who can let him take the reins from time to time . </Li> <Li> Standard: And there are signs that ESPN's spending may need to be reined in . </Li> <Li> Standard: Thursday's central bank comments came after analysts said allowing market forces free rein could drive the yuan sharply lower . </Li> <Li> Standard: It is but one example of Israel's failure to rein in youths suspected of carrying out ultranationalist attacks . </Li> <Li> Standard: Nationally, gambling has been slow to recover since the Great Recession as people continue to rein in leisure spending . </Li> <Li> Standard: Button's representatives said in a statement Friday that police have told them such thefts have become a growing problem, with thieves pumping in the gas to give them free rein in the properties . </Li> <Li> Standard: It's rare to bring homicide charges against a physician, but the case came amid a prescription drug abuse epidemic that has led lawmakers to try to rein in so - called pill mills that dole out medications with little scrutiny . </Li> <Li> Standard: But reining in Maduro, who became president after Chavez died in 2013, will be tough . </Li> <Li> Standard: A few months later, the ailing president, Boris Yeltsin, stepped aside and Vladimir Putin took the reins as Russian president . </Li> <Li> Non-standard:...the Suns gave Sports Illustrated's Jack McCallum free reign of practices...</Li> <Li> Non-standard: Bobby Jindal, a whiz kid takes the reigns of Louisiana's Department of Health and Hospital </Li> <Li> Non-standard: Taylor will be passing on the reigns of the neighborhood school to Assistant Principal Amy Kleiner . </Li> <Li> Non-standard:...his rein of terror in 1969 is fascinating part of the history of 20th century crime...</Li> <Li> Non-standard: He spent the last four seasons trying to patch together lineups in Houston, where injuries reined supreme, and he had a great deal of success under the circumstances . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: Wesley Johnson: It's more that Johnson was proven a long - limbed bust before Lindsey Hunter and a tanking Phoenix team gave him free reign to jack triples and perhaps clarify his NBA destiny . Johnson still shot just 32 percent from deep amid all that freedom; his chances of membership here look slim . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: Over 13 games, he averaged 15.5 points and 9.9 assists while shooting 44.8 percent from 3 - point range (while reigning in his attempts a bit). </Li> <Li> Non-standard: The transition from the previous luxury tax system, which penalized teams one dollar for every dollar they went over the tax threshold, to the new one that includes an escalating pay scale for every $5 million teams go over the threshold, was supposed to reign in spending and help level the playing field . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: If you're Mike Lupica you have the biggest column in one of America's largest circulation newspapers, you host a prestige show on ESPN each week and you have, presumably, free reign to talk about whatever you want to talk about in sports . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: In fact, many moms say there's no way they would let their children do what their own parents gave them free reign to do as kids . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: Brooks allowed Durant and Westbrook free reign as players and kept an open - door policy in terms of suggestions, not that he had much choice . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: It'll be up to Doc Rivers and Chris Paul to reign Stephenson in early on . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: Mexican fans reigned down debris on Panama players, and the match was held up for 11 minutes before Guardado stepped up to nail his first penalty kick and send the match to extra time . </Li> <Li> Non-standard: Bryant has been given free reign for close to a decade . </Li> </Ul>

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