with accountable and answerable, which, also, are frequently misused.

_Restive_ for _Restless_. These words have directly contrary meanings;
the dictionaries' disallowance of their identity would be something to
be thankful for, but that is a dream.

_Retire_ for _Go to Bed_. English of the "genteel" sort. See
_Genteel_.

_Rev_. for _The Rev_. "Rev. Dr. Smith."

_Reverence_ for _Revere_.

_Ride_ for _Drive_. On horseback one does drive, and in a vehicle one
does ride, but a distinction is needed here, as in England; so, here
as there, we may profitably make it, riding in the saddle and driving
in the carriage.

_Roomer_ for _Lodger_. See _Bedder_ and _Mealer_--if you can find
them.

_Round_ for _About_. "They stood round." See _Around_.

_Ruination_ for _Ruin_. Questionably derived and problematically
needful.

_Run_ for _Manage_, or _Conduct_. Vulgar--hardly better than slang.

_Say_ for _Voice_. "He had no say in determining the matter." Vulgar.