To whom it may concern
Nov. 8th, 2006 03:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gnomiIn regards the use and misuse of certain words:
To lie: intransitive verb. Does not take an object.
Today I lie.
Yesterday I lay.
I have lain.
To lay: transitive verb. Takes an object.
Today the chicken lays an egg.
Yesterday the chicken laid an egg.
The chicken has laid many eggs.
Please make a note of it.
To lie: intransitive verb. Does not take an object.
Today I lie.
Yesterday I lay.
I have lain.
To lay: transitive verb. Takes an object.
Today the chicken lays an egg.
Yesterday the chicken laid an egg.
The chicken has laid many eggs.
Please make a note of it.
