Okay, thanks.... I'll try to pound that into my brain. You'd think after an English degree and 12 years as a technical writer I'd have that down, but I have a mental block. I have to look it up every time.
What is your childhood trauma?
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Morgana - Sep 26, 2005 1:31:08 pm PDT #4375 of 10001
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
Topic!Cindy - Sep 26, 2005 1:31:46 pm PDT #4376 of 10001
What is even happening?
When my mother was little, she thought, "Now I lay me" was a Latin word.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 26, 2005 1:32:50 pm PDT #4377 of 10001
What is even happening?
Okay, thanks.... I'll try to pound that into my brain. You'd think after an English degree and 12 years as a technical writer I'd have that down, but I have a mental block. I have to look it up every time.
Go sex. Choose sex. I mean as your memory device. You lay someone (or something, and ewww). You lie (about it).
Gris - Sep 26, 2005 1:35:21 pm PDT #4378 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Getting laid usually involves lying down. Lying afterwards is optional. I was hoping to continue this by throwing in "lye" but i really couldn't come up with anything that didn't give me a truly painful mental image.
amych - Sep 26, 2005 1:35:35 pm PDT #4379 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I have a mental block
Seriously? I mostly remember the "it's almost always lie" part -- lay is only used in a very specialized sense. It's analogous to sit vs. set -- I sit all day, but I only set the table for company.
Betsy HP - Sep 26, 2005 1:45:40 pm PDT #4380 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
"Lay" takes an object. When you're getting laid, the object is you.
Betsy HP - Sep 26, 2005 1:47:15 pm PDT #4381 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
You know, that would be a great geek proposal.
"You are the object of all my verbs."
Morgana - Sep 26, 2005 1:47:20 pm PDT #4382 of 10001
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
Seriously?
Well, that's kind of the nasty thing about mental blocks, isn't it? If it was logical, I'd be able to get rid of it and I wouldn't have this problem.
Really, usually grammar isn't a problem for me. Just a few glaring roadblocks.
I like the "go sex. Choose sex." idea, though. That might work as my memory device.
Betsy HP - Sep 26, 2005 1:52:56 pm PDT #4383 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I always confuse "compose" and "comprise" no matter how often I look "comprise" up. I solve the problem by never, ever using "comprise". It's a thing.
Vortex - Sep 26, 2005 2:02:32 pm PDT #4384 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
balling of the melon
sounds like someone needs a girlfriend.
I always heard "chickens lay, people lie" and assumed that chicken=anything not people.
"You are the object of all my verbs."
I guess I'm a huge geek, because I would melt if someone said that to me.