Subject: | Re: [OM] Sad tumble |
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From: | Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
Date: | Tue, 4 Aug 2020 18:35:53 +0100 |
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. -- _________________________________________________________________ Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/ Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/ |
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