[Magdalen] Fwd: Whither to lie and to lay?

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

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 From: Cantor03 at aol.com

Sent: 7/27/2016 10:40:17 A.M. Eastern Daylight  Time
Subj: Whither to lie and to lay?



Has the difference between the verbs to lie and to lay gone the way  of
who/whom?  There seems to be no problem for English speakers  to
comprehend the relative pronoun, who, exclusively used, but is it the  same
situation with lie/lay?
 
My observation is that lie/lay are now confused by English speakers,  
writers,
including the media.  I should hasten to qualify this statement by  
stressing
that I am referring entirely to North American English.  I'm not  qualified 
to
assess this situation in the UK and their former colonies. 
 
It's interesting to reflect that my parents (a farm boy from Minnesota  and
a daughter of Norwegian immigrants) never misused who/whom and  never
confused to lie and to lay.  The result of that is that I do not  misuse 
them
either.
 
 
 
David S.