Comments on: Lay/Lie: Moribund, but Not Dead Yet

By: brian

brian — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:18:06 +0000

David Levien is one of my favourite authors. He has a book out titled”WHERE THE DEAD LAY”. Should this not be lie? Thanks.

By: Mary Connealy

Mary Connealy — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:31:49 +0000

I am an author. A published author. Fourteen books in print.

And a teacher.

I’m ashamed I tell you, but I can NEVER get this one clear in my head. Never, never, never. I don’t think this is going to be enough. I’ll go save the link to refer back. I may have an air pocket in my brain where my lie/lay knowledge should lie…or lay. sigh

Here’s a question, is MSWord spellcheck usually right? It’s always correcting me. I obey it.

By: July 2007 « M. J. Maddox

July 2007 « M. J. Maddox — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:47:27 +0000

[...] * 11: Five Frequently Misused Verbs: Go, Come, Write, Give, and Eat * 10: Loose or Lose? * 09: Lay/Lie: Moribund, but Not Dead Yet * 05: Idiomatic English * 04: Mind Your -ed’s * 02: Prepositions for the Perplexed * 01: When to [...]

By: Pink

Pink — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:03:56 +0000

Could you explain to me the meaing of “lay across”?

By: Roshawn

Roshawn — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:01:54 +0000

This has to be one of the top writing tips ever. It’s so easy to get these two words mixed up and think nothing of it.

Thanks Maeve. Really great tip.