Posts Categorized: lay-lie

A new quiz lies waiting for you

Posted October 25th, 2015 by Pam Nelson & filed under Grammar Guides, Quizzes, Grammar Quiz, lay-lie, Usage.

I have a new Grammar Guide quiz (No. 77). This one is all about the tricky verbs lay and lie…. Read more »

Copy editing in a hub: You’re your own QA

Posted September 16th, 2013 by Pam Nelson & filed under confused words, Copy Editing, Fact checking, Headlines, Journalism, lay-lie, Newspapers, Spelling, word choice.

Charles Apple posted on his blog Saturday about a mistake in the pages of The News & Observer of Raleigh,… Read more »

Verbs and the problems they give us – Quiz No. 67

Posted June 24th, 2012 by Pam Nelson & filed under Copy Editing, Grammar Guides, Quizzes, Grammar Quiz, irregular verbs, lay-lie, subject-verb agreement, Usage.

Copy editors need to keep their eyes on verbs. Readers notice when verbs don’t agree with their subjects. Yet it’s… Read more »