Comments on: Mixing up “lay” and “lie” http://www.dailywritingtips.com/mixing-up-lay-and-lie/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:04:09 -0500 hourly 1 By: Mary Connealy http://www.dailywritingtips.com/mixing-up-lay-and-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-224090 Mary Connealy Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:34:33 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1386#comment-224090 Some of this helps. A little. #5 is funny enough to remember. Some of this helps. A little. #5 is funny enough to remember.

]]> By: JC http://www.dailywritingtips.com/mixing-up-lay-and-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-222868 JC Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:13:54 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1386#comment-222868 "She was so drunk when we got home I just laid your sister on the couch." Sometimes I think I should have said that I put her there. “She was so drunk when we got home I just laid your sister on the couch.”

Sometimes I think I should have said that I put her there.

]]> By: Vin http://www.dailywritingtips.com/mixing-up-lay-and-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-69649 Vin Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:29:40 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1386#comment-69649 This is a tough one! I just started my own blog and need to work on improving my grammar. This blog is just what I need. Thanks for providing such a great resource! This is a tough one!

I just started my own blog and need to work on improving my grammar. This blog is just what I need. Thanks for providing such a great resource!

]]> By: PreciseEdit http://www.dailywritingtips.com/mixing-up-lay-and-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-67676 PreciseEdit Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:13:56 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1386#comment-67676 Tricky, tricky verbs. Here's the link to our article on using these correctly: http://preciseedit.com/ArticleLayandLie/tabid/196/Default.aspx While it's not quite as technical as your post, readers may find it useful, especially when trying to use these verbs in tenses other than the present. As always, thanks for the great post. Tricky, tricky verbs.

Here’s the link to our article on using these correctly:
http://preciseedit.com/Article.....fault.aspx

While it’s not quite as technical as your post, readers may find it useful, especially when trying to use these verbs in tenses other than the present.

As always, thanks for the great post.

]]> By: Alex http://www.dailywritingtips.com/mixing-up-lay-and-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-67651 Alex Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:37:38 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1386#comment-67651 My trick is to always remember that Eric Clapton's song "Lay Down Sally" is grammatically incorrect. My trick is to always remember that Eric Clapton’s song “Lay Down Sally” is grammatically incorrect.

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