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 ...

Not so long ago, the only people who had to worry about typos were named Gutenberg. Today, typos dog everyone with a keyboard, and that horrible feeling of realizing ...

English usage rules range from formal to non-standard. The top of that range applies to the correctness that is found in formal writing, such as legal briefs or ceremonial oratory, such as State of ...