Month: August 2017

After writing numerous posts on the correct use of the verbs lay and lie, I’m ready to concede that getting everyone to use them “correctly” is a losing battle. Even if English teachers are teaching the concept, students are not listening. So many people tell their dogs to “lay down” and describe bodies as “laying…

Homonyms are the words that Spellcheck won’t catch for you, words like plane and plain and to, two, and too. Professional writers should get them right.