Author Archives: Don Cram

Use as before clauses and phrases. Like modifies nouns and pronouns. My car is like hers. Her baby smells good, as a baby should.

The distinction comes to my mind every time I see “Fifteen Items of Less” at a grocery store. It should be “Fifteen Items of Fewer.” Albertsons is the only market I have seen that has it right. “His problems are … Continue reading →

A duck or a movie lays an egg (transitive). The duck or the producer may then lie down (intransitive). The past tense of lie is lay. Lie, lay, lain, lying Lay, laid, laid, laying