When most people sing Christmas carols, no doubt their minds are filled with heavenly peace and the occasional vision of sugarplums. Some of us oddballs, however, behold “Away in a Manger” and gush ...

Taylor Swift again made it to the news headlines recently after her unreleased song I’d Lie started trending on social media. Despite the song being very old, it became a sensation when it was first ...

Of the various forms of the vexing verbs “lay” and “lie,” the rarest is “lain.” So I was particularly disheartened to see this recently in the first third of a 64-word sentence: “much of the forest ...

One of the delightful things about studying related langauges is seeing the family resemblences. But as a German-speaking American learning Danish at the moment—and thus trying to keep 27 maddeningly ...

The distinction between “lay” and “lie” continues to fade. Almost without exception, people say, “I laid on the couch.” They never seem to say, “I lay on the couch.” Plus, people usually throw in the ...

Recently, I received a letter from a friend, Salisbury attorney, and former Superior Court Judge, John Holshouser. John commented on my last column, and he had some comments of his own concerning the ...

One of the delightful things about studying related langauges is seeing the family resemblences. But as a German-speaking American learning Danish at the moment—and thus trying to keep 27 maddeningly ...