title: Error 500 with .htaccess edits but mod_rewrite is loaded
body: <p>as of title, I'm having problems with my .htaccess file, everything should be set fine, but has I write something as basic as</p>
  
  <pre><code>RewriteEngine on
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>it starts giving me that nice 500 Internal Server Error. I'm hosting on localhost on an Apache server (UNIX)</p>
  
  <p>Obviously I triple checked that everything is set fine, and top of all that mod_rewrite is loaded. </p>
  
  <p>Thanks for your precious help!</p>