The distinction between "lay" and "lie" continues to fade. Almost without exception, people say "I laid on the couch." They never seem to say "I lay on the couch." Plus, people usually throw in the ...

The difference between the transitive verb lay and the intransitive verb lie escapes many speakers and writers. I have written about it, and so has a Mount Airy reader who frequently comments on ...

When I was young and immortal, I used to sunbathe a lot. A lot. It was part of the Florida culture I grew up in, where flocks of shortsighted people with northern European pigmentation would descend ...