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Posted: 7 months ago by MissWinkle:
Thanks, INY. I have been pondering the lay vs. lie thing all week. I am totally serious. I just keep forgetting to look it up. And here I find the answer on Plime. Great find!
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Posted: 7 months ago by willster09:
Thanks this rocks- i have you now grammar nazi !!
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Posted: 7 months ago by Pocksucket:
« MissWinkle : Thanks, INY. I have been pondering the lay vs. lie thing all week. I am totally serious. I just keep forgetting to look it up. And here I find the answer on Plime. Great find! That one is quite simple. If you're confused, remember this sentence:
Pocksucket is a great lay, and that's no lie.
Do you see now?
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Posted: 7 months ago by beckinacea:
This should be required reading in school.
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Posted: 7 months ago by xenity7:
« Pocksucket : That one is quite simple. If you're confused, remember this sentence:
Do you see now? Ironically that's a completely incorrect usage of lay, technically speaking
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Posted: 7 months ago by muppet:
i <3 grammar.
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Posted: 7 months ago by gratheo:
« xenity7 : Ironically that's a completely incorrect usage of lay, technically speaking Fine... I'll amend the sentence.
Gratheo is a great lay and that's no lie.
Better?
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Posted: 7 months ago by xenity7:
« gratheo : Fine... I'll amend the sentence.
Gratheo is a great lay and that's no lie.
Better? Hard to say without some first hand experience ^_-
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Posted: 7 months ago by gratheo:
« xenity7 : Hard to say without some first hand experience ^_- Oh, I can provide that. Name a time and place, baby... rowr.
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Posted: 7 months ago by subobisis:
I found a typo in there.
According to The Complete Idiot's Guide to Grammar and Style, a very useful tool.
GRAMMATICALLY INCORRECT.
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Posted: 7 months ago by cb__:
Corrected the 'alot' in my description and thanks, iny. :)
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Posted: 7 months ago by Pocksucket:
« xenity7 : Ironically that's a completely incorrect usage of lay, technically speaking *sigh*
lay noun -Slang: Vulgar.
- a partner in sexual intercourse.
Dictionary.com - definition 38
First clause
subject-verb-indefinite article-noun
Pedantry is a fine art and I admire it, but be warned that the penalty for improper usage is to be covered in honey and thrown to the Gratheo. His appetites are notorious.
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Posted: 7 months ago by minxyseven:
Added to my favorites!! 10 years outta school and my grammar is getting bad ><
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Posted: 7 months ago by jLoSsDh:
I live in Mexico. I teach english to Mexicans for a living, and will really find this very helpful..THANX!
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Posted: 7 months ago by xenity7:
« Pocksucket : *sigh*
lay noun -Slang: Vulgar.
- a partner in sexual intercourse.
Dictionary.com - definition 38
First clause
subject-verb-indefinite article-noun
Pedantry is a fine art and I admire it, but be warned that the penalty for improper usage is to be covered in honey and thrown to the Gratheo. His appetites are notorious. Well, I don't want to get into any kind of flame war because i was mostly joking, but just because you can find a definition for your usage doesn't make it a "technically correct" usage. Slang=technically incorrect.
In fairness, if i had difficulty remembering the difference i would totally use your sentence =p
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Posted: 7 months ago by Pocksucket:
« xenity7 : Well, I don't want to get into any kind of flame war because i was mostly joking That's good, because I was 100% joking - it's a good idea to assume that this is usually the case as most of the time I am.
Well - let's call it 95%. The bit about Gratheo was true.
But seriously for just a moment, we don't have flame wars here at Plime. We are above that. If it looks like one of us is being abusive, it is probably mean it as a joke. And I count you in that already - that was how I took your original comment. If there really is an issue then the usual form is to try and resolve it via PM instead of making it public.
Wow - that sounded preachy... And ever so slightly pompous.
Oh, and if it's in a recognised dictionary, then I'm counting it as technically correct.
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Posted: 7 months ago by xenity7:
« Pocksucket : That's good, because I was 100% joking - it's a good idea to assume that this is usually the case as most of the time I am.
Well - let's call it 95%. The bit about Gratheo was true.
But seriously for just a moment, we don't have flame wars here at Plime. We are above that. If it looks like one of us is being abusive, it is probably mean it as a joke. And I count you in that already - that was how I took your original comment. If there really is an issue then the usual form is to try and resolve it via PM instead of making it public.
Wow - that sounded preachy... And ever so slightly pompous.
Oh, and if it's in a recognised dictionary, then I'm counting it as technically correct. Might a been a little pompous but it's good to know.
=P
I've never flamed anyone in my life but I make some damn harsh jokes, sounds like i'll get on well here.
Also, how the heck do you PM other folks? it isn't obvious at all on cursory examination...
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Posted: 7 months ago by Pocksucket:
« xenity7 :
Also, how the heck do you PM other folks? Up at the top of the screen there next to your name and your user-level you should see a little envelope. That's for the PMs.
When you've got a new one, it should flash yellow like this:
In fact, that's pretty much what it should be doing now.
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