Answer to last week's poll:
Grammar Geek: 'Laid' and 'Lay'
Which of the
following is correct?
A: Yesterday the
chicken laid an egg.
B: Yesterday the
chicken layed an egg.
C: The soldier lay down his weapon.
D: The soldier layed
down his weapon.
A is correct.
B & D are wrong – there is no part of the verb ‘layed’
C is wrong – it would have to have read:
The soldier lays down his weapon.
I always thought there was just a past tense ‘layed’ – nope…wrong.
To lie: Lie – Lay – LainTo Lay: Lay – Laid – Laid
Present Tense
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Simple Past Tense
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Perfect Tense
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To Lie:
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I lie down
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Yesterday I lay down
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I have often lain down after studying grammar
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To Lay
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The soldier lays his gun down
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Yesterday the soldier laid his gun down
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The soldier has laid his gun down
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Licence VS License
Which of the following is correct?
Can I see
your driving license? Correct in the U.S.
Can I see your driving licence? Correct in the U.K.
Here 'licence' is a noun
The restaurant is licensed to sell alcohol.
The restaurant is licensed to sell alcohol. Correct
Here 'licensed' is a verb
FYI: In UK English, license is a verb – in the U.S. it is both a verb and a noun.
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Which version is correct:
#1 Vehicles left at owners risks
#2 Vehicle's left at owners risk
#3 Vehicles left at owners' risk
#4 Vehicles left at owner's risk
Version #3 is correct.
Vehicles (simply a plural noun) - and possessive s' because there is more than one owner incurring risk.
#4 is not incorrect but one would assume that in the parking lot there is more than one car, ergo more than one owner.
Previous Grammar Geek polls:
Which of the following is correct:
#1 A dog knows when its time for its meal.
#2 A dog knows when it's time for its meal.
#3 A dog know's when its time for it's meal.
#4 A dog knows when its time for it's meal.
Version #2 is the correct one.
A dog knows when it's time for its meal.
The first 'it's' is the diminutive of 'it is' - It is time.The second 'its' is the possessive - just like his or her meal.
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Further vs Farther
In the simplest of explanations - since that's about all I can handle.Farther has the word FAR hiding in it - so it's to do with physical distance.
How much farther is it to the next pub?
Further - is used to describe distance of a non-physical kind (or metaphysical/figurative).
I continue to further my pub-crawling education.
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