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antof9

... and this was the ONLY brand they had!

Apr 12, 2007 16:19

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Re: Another brand wouldn't help. antof9 April 12 2007, 22:28:59 UTC

oh dear. I need to go lay down.

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Re: Another brand wouldn't help. antof9 April 12 2007, 22:50:23 UTC

good question.

Sometimes I know what's right on lay/lie and sit/set and sometimes I don't. Sometimes I know what sounds right, but not why.

I *think* I'd lie on the bed, but lay down. But my FIL is from a Nebraska farm, and is all the time screwing up sit/set, so it's possible the incorrect one is rubbing off.

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Re: Another brand wouldn't help. antof9 April 12 2007, 23:09:59 UTC

hee hee!

Does this help?

http://www.bartleby.com/64/C003/0192.html

kairon13 April 12 2007, 23:44:03 UTC

Um - you lie down.
You lay down a dozen bottles of port.
(But 'Now I lay me down to sleep...')

myopicmeringue April 13 2007, 00:07:17 UTC

But, I lay down, if I did it yesterday. :-)

Whereas I laid down the bottles of port, if I did it yesterday.

Hehe - that's why it's confusing, I think. Because it's the past tense in one meaning, and the present in the other.

antof9 April 13 2007, 01:52:06 UTC

Is it possible I think "I need to lay down" sounds right because I'm literally laying myself down?

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