gnomi: (grammar_crisis_room (wanderingbastet ))
gnomi ([personal profile] gnomi) wrote2006-11-08 03:14 pm
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To whom it may concern

In 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.

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