Re: word abuse

Subject: Re: word abuse
From: Buck & Tilly Buchanan <writer -at- WF -dot- NET>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 18:52:08 -0500

> One of my mom's pet peeves is lay vs. lie. She's an editor.
> She has told me the rule for remembering which to use,
> but I can't seem to remember it!

Here's an easy way to remember them:

Lie is what Bush did about Iran-Contra
Lay is what Clinton did/does.
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Buck Buchanan
writer -at- wf -dot- net
Sunset, TX

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