And social media is riddled with this common usage error this Easter weekend. It is dye, dyes, dyed, dyeing, and dyer. That is all.
dye http://img.tfd.com/m/sound.swf (d )
n.
1. A substance used to color materials. Also called dyestuff.
2. A color imparted by dyeing.
v. dyed, dye·ing, dyes
v.tr.
To color (a material), especially by soaking in a coloring solution.
v.intr.
To take on or impart color.
Idiom: of the deepest dye
Of the most extreme sort.
[Middle English deie, from Old English d
 ag, dah.]dy
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Kind of makes me wish there’d been a rewrite titled, ” As I Lay Dyeing.”
You’ll need to fill in autocorrect. It doesn’t like dyeing. Heh.