CIPHER_one Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 Can the word "lay" be used in the past tense? Example: So, Joel lay on the sidewalk in a small puddle of his own blood, paralyzed, for six hours until the neighborhood woke to go to work. Or does it have to be laid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekro Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 "Joel laid paralyzed in the small puddle of his own blood that had formed on the sidewalk until the neighborhood awoke." I think that's what you're lookin' for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casekonly Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 i think "layed" is wrong. www.ku.edu/~edit/lie.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIPHER_one Posted January 24, 2004 Author Share Posted January 24, 2004 thanks casek. It is "lay". If it were somone laying down a set of tools it would be "laid". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casekonly Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 no prob. i'm just hanging around the forum today...seems like an all day thing today. i've gotta "wake up" at 4:30 a.m. not too far off, so i guess i'll be around all night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr430n5_666 Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 Irvin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TURBOCAPSLOK Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 MASTERING THE WRITTEN, WORD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIPHER_one Posted January 28, 2004 Author Share Posted January 28, 2004 What's the rule in writing out the time? 6:00 or six o'clock or 6 o'clock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abracadabra Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 Originally posted by CIPHER_one What's the rule in writing out the time? 6:00 or six o'clock or 6 o'clock they're all correct, except it would need to be followed by either an am or pm just to let wonk saggin which 6 o'clock you were referring to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overtime Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 english is so fucked up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casekonly Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 try japanese: Kazoku sorrote no seppuku ga yokatta. I loved the part where the whole family disemboweled themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnomeToys Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 I'm going to memorize that phrase and yell it constantly whenever I see Japanese people on campus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIPHER_one Posted February 2, 2004 Author Share Posted February 2, 2004 What's the rule on writing out numbers? 1-10 is written out and above 10 can be numerals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 If the number is spoken by a character I think it should be written. Same thing applies when someone says 'ten o'clock'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
test pattern Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 i think it's something like lay is for objects, lie is for people kind of thing but don't quote me on that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caL Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 one of my teachers used to carry around a thesaurus everywhere he went. it was like a pocket thesarus, i dunno the guy was so anal retentive it was crazy, good thing i got switched out of that class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deph Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 Lay is the past tense lye is the present tense as soon as you said John lay that means it was in the past I think. However I could be completely wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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