[Magdalen] Fwd: Whither to lie and to lay?

[Scott Knitter]

I used to think I knew the difference but recently heard a contrary
explanation (especially of the past tense, such as "I lay down and
then fell asleep."

So now I feel I'm on thin ice with my own understanding. Is it this?

Lay implies motion; lie implies a stationary state - Lay down over
there, and then lie there for a few minutes.

Past: I lay there for an hour and then woke up.

On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 9:42 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen
<magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> It's interesting to reflect that my parents (a farm boy from Minnesota  and
> a daughter of Norwegian immigrants) never misused who/whom and  never
> confused to lie and to lay.  The result of that is that I do not  misuse
> them
> either.




-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA