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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.

Date: 2006-11-08 09:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tygerseye.livejournal.com
Or a Period? "Yes. That, too."

But the comma abuse was deliberate, just to give you hives. ;-)

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