Sunday, May 10, 2009

lay lie laid lain

I admit it--every time I need to use one of "those," I either look for a synonym, or google. This post will be my reference from now on, and maybe one day I'll just learn the forms.


recline (intransitive): lie, lay, lain
place (transitive): lay, laid, laid
falsify (intransitive): lie, lied, lied

4 comments:

  1. So what does a chicken do with eggs? haha...I have the same problem..now I know where to look

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  2. ps..felt better about this sort of thing when I saw an article by a well-known published author who used except instead of accept...some people need editors more than others..lol

    Breeze

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  3. Hey, I'll use this as a reference, too. Thanks!

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  4. Hahaha, Ania I love this, it will possibly become my reference as well.

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