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reeking havocREEKING HAVOC WREAKING HAVOC “Reeking” means “smelling strongly,” so that can’t be right.. The phrase simply means “working great destruction.” “Havoc” has always referred t

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

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

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

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

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

“Reticent” denotes only reluctance to speak; do not use it for any other form of reluctance

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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

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

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

A resistor is part of an electrical circuit; a person who resists something is a “resister."

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