Re: Lay versus lie

["Edwin Skau" <eddy -dot- skau -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Someone's gotta redo that Clapton song, Lie Down Sally...



On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 7:18 PM, Sarah Blake <Sarah -dot- Blake -at- microfocus -dot- com>wrote:

> > I remember watching COPS and always being bothered by the policemen
> > yelling at suspects to "Lay down on the ground!" Still, I suppose that
> > if a policeman was pointing his gun at me and yelling at me to "Lay
> down
> > on the ground," that would NOT be the time to correct his grammar.
>
> Though it would probably go rather badly for me; I have bad hearing and
> would likely presume I just hadn't heard /what/ I was meant to lay down.
>
> I can see the conversation now.
>
> Cop: Lay down on the ground!
> Panicked Englishwoman: Err, sorry, I didn't quite catch that, what am I
> laying down?
> Cop: You being funny with me?
> Panicked Englishwoman: Err what?  No, I just didn't hear you, could you
> repeat that please?
> Cop: Lay down!
> Panicked Englishwoman: Yeah, I got that part, but what am I laying
> down...
>
> Your policemen are all nice polite fellows who'd laugh with me about it
> later, right?  ...right?
>
> Sarah Blake
> Senior Technical Author
> Micro Focus
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