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minus-squareiAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·1 year agoYou lie yourself, and you lay other things. Your wife lies down and goes to sleep.
minus-squaremushroommunk@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThat’s an artificial distinction some grammarians decided to put into textbooks in the 1700s. Many many people use lie and lay interchangeably and the thing about language is how people use it is how it’s defined.
You lie yourself, and you lay other things. Your wife lies down and goes to sleep.
That’s an artificial distinction some grammarians decided to put into textbooks in the 1700s. Many many people use lie and lay interchangeably and the thing about language is how people use it is how it’s defined.