Do you know the difference between “lay” and “lie”? Gerald Grow sums it up in a five steps along with practice tests that give you an immediate response so you know if you’ve gotten the question right or not. Check out the lessons and exercises here. I swear they’re the best I’ve found. Here’s a brief summary of the five steps.
-Step 1: Because “lay” is a regular verb and “lie” is an irregular verb, Grow briefly reviews regular and irregular verbs.
-Step 2: Grow explains that “lay” takes an object and “lie” doesn’t.
-Step 3: He shows how “lay” is commonly misused in the place of “lie”.
-Step 4: “Lay” has two meanings. Grow examines the differences.
-Step 5: Everything is put together with samples and a final test to see how well you’ve absorbed the material.
Have you had a difficult time determining when to use “lay” or “lie”? What other words mess with your mind?
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I have so much trouble with this!! Thanks for the link!!
ReplyDeleteyes, Yes, YES! These little words frustrate me. Looking forward to the link!
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affect and effect. When I was writing psychology papers in college, I mixed them up all the time and it sticks with me, now. I hate it!
ReplyDeleteObjects lay, People lie -- present tense -- unless they're laying pipe or some such (sorry, couldn't resist).
ReplyDeleteAffect/effect used to cause me trouble, as did nor and or. Awake/wake/awoke/awaken/etc. still can annoy me sometimes.
Thanks for the link. I'm going to read it later and finally master lay and lie!
ReplyDeleteGreat link. I need to check this out. I lay and lie throw me off all the time!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link. I ALWAYS have trouble with lay and lie. Also, there's an award for you at my blog.
ReplyDeleteI struggle with them often!
ReplyDeleteThis is something I really have to think about and still sometimes feel like I'm doing it wrong. Thanks for the link!
ReplyDeleteGreat link! I'm usually okay with lie and lay, but I do mix up laid and lain.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this - I struggle with these two words.
ReplyDeleteooooh i'll have to check it out, because i never ever get it right!
ReplyDeleteNice link! There are so many helpful sites out there. I love it!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lynnette for the follow on Randomities, and, oh, thanks so much for this post! The link is illuminating! Gerald Grow's website is so bookmarked! heh
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All the best,
Mariana
Excellent. I thought I knew, but after clicking over and browsing through I see that that I wasn't always correct. Yikes!
ReplyDeleteThis is so useful. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI always trip up over who and whom!
ReplyDeleteI still slip up on on whether I want to lay myself down or lie down! LOL! Thanks for the reminders of how to use lie/lay correctly!
ReplyDeleteI do have trouble with this. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI have so much trouble I actually keep a lay/lie link on my toolbar to remind me. It's pretty sad. I also have trouble with effect and affect on occasion - although I really do understand the difference. Really. :)
ReplyDeletesometimes the English language is very confusing!
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