Thread: Loose...Lose...Loss...Lost, Grammer Nazi !!!
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Old 3rd March 2008, 10:16 PM
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To be a super grammar Nazi you would not use "lay" in place of the present tense intransitive verb "lie." I'm probably being conservative when I say that 90% of English speakers get this wrong.

Wrong Way: "I'm going to lay down now."

Correct Way: "I'm going to lie down now."
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