Interesting tweets - 2

"Lay" or "lie"? @GrammarGirl clears up any confusion: https://t.co/tJ47CVJIDV #grammar

— AP for Students (@APforStudents) September 16, 2016

Prone:👇 (facing downward)
Supine: 👆 (facing upward)
Prostrate:😲 (lying flat; overcome)https://t.co/WijShiAghF

— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) September 22, 2016

.@mzinshteyn Eh, that's fine. https://t.co/i8114W72Rt

— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) September 21, 2016

Few reasonable people still object to 'since' used to mean "because." 'As' might ruffle some feathers, however. https://t.co/lp7XhqIfN0

— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) September 20, 2016

Rest assured

According to Cambridge Dictionary, rest assured means to be certain that something will happen and gives this example: You can rest assured that you're going to get a good deal.

Quite often, however, I have seen it used with a be before it, like in the following examples:

• It may sound quite amazing and perhaps unbelievable, but you can be rest assured that what you're about to read is completely true.
• By choosing us you can be rest assured that your facility, project...
• ...you can be rest assured you have full rights to use all images...

This is not correct.

The rest in rest assured is a verb which means to relax, to not worry. You'll understand the expression better if you imagine a comma after rest. So you could paraphrase the first example as

...but you can rest, assured in the knowledge that what you're about to read is completely true. 

 Now you can easily see why be rest assured doesn't make sense.