Re: [OM] Sad tumble

[Tina Manley]

Lie means to rest or recline.  Lay means to put or place.  

You do not lay on the bed or in the road unless you are a chicken.

That seems to be the easiest for kids to understand.  There are so many people 
who have never been taught that.

Your and you're are almost as bad.

Tina

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From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2020 1:35:53 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Sad tumble

That’s easy: it lies down.  "lay" is a transitive verb taking a direct object, 
such as “lay the table” etc . . . whereas “lie” is intransitive.

I’ve waited sooo long for someone to bring up that subject again :-)

Chris

> On 4 Aug 20, at 11:16, olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> It's kind of like proper word usage in a sentence. Does the dog lie
> down or lay down? If I can't figure it out then the dog is sleeping.

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