To whom it may concern

[gnomi]

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.

Comments

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

The yolk's on you, eh? :-)

I'm thrilled about the news. I'm cranky about verb abuse. That should teach me not to read fiction on my lunch break (not that it will...I'm just saying).

Alas, mabfan has a meeting tonight he cannot miss. Otherwise, a 5-hour drive for cake? Sure!

Sexy yarn? You're being an enabler. I'm still on the yarn diet (except for the stuff earmarked for mabfan's sweater (http://www.patternworks.com/PWShopping/partsvyarn.asp?action=lookup&partno=421&subject=U43.L237&catpos=18)).

[cbpotts.livejournal.com]

Hee, was it mine? The Rockhound's Riddle has got at least a handful of errors in it, I'm sure, just to keep you enthralled...

If it's five hours, it'll be cake AND ice cream. And maybe sugar-tossed oven-roasted walnuts.

It's not that i'm being a yarn enabler. It's that I don't want you to miss out on the fiber glories that exist simply to run, in long, tactile, silken strands, through your fingers.

Can you tell I'm procrastinating? I've got 18,000 words of Dance for me to transcribe by Friday for Rob, and I'm not making very good progress.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Hey, I might drive five hours for cake and the walnuts...

Though I suppose I could make them in less time than that :-)

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Nope. Not you. Fanfic. And not even one of my usual fandoms.

Just... I cringed at every "he lay" that wasn't followed by an object.