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

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/28/2016 9:08:54 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:

It all  started with "at this point in time". AUGHHHHHHHHHH!

On Thu, Jul 28,  2016 at 8:31 AM, Scott Knitter  <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm glad our company's  style manual agrees with you!
>
> I fear today will be another  ultra-long day of fixing "We have the
> capability to..." Um, you mean,  "We can"?
>
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 5:50 AM, ME Michaud  <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I nearly got fired from an  editing job (at a Cambrisge architectural
> firm)
> > when I  insisted that "impact" was not a  verb.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
 
I have little problem with new uses for existing words, and direct
importation of words into English.  The language has been always
very good at this.
 
My troubles are with the grammar of existing words such as the
lie/lay and who/whom situation.
 
We all have our own peculiar hang-ups.
 
 
David S.