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Old 9th March 2008, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by sdaddy View Post
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."

These could become "I hope to lay that young bird at the bar, but I will have to lie to the wife tonight"

Now you are all confused as hell, like.
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