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Troublesome Verbs

You'll lay an egg if you don't lie down. Troublesome Verbs. Objective 5.021 Correctly use troublesome verbs. Is “lay” used correctly in this cartoon?. M ost difficult to use correctly, so remember:. The principal parts (most-common verb forms) of lie are:

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Troublesome Verbs

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  1. You'll lay an egg if you don't lie down Troublesome Verbs Objective 5.021 Correctly use troublesome verbs

  2. Is “lay” used correctly in this cartoon?

  3. Most difficult to use correctly, so remember: • The principal parts (most-common verb forms) of lie are: • lie (present,) lay (past) and lain (past participle). •      The principal parts of lay are: • lay (present), laid (past) and laid (past participle). •      As an aid in choosing the correct verb forms, remember that lie means to recline, whereas lay means to place something, to put something on something. •      • Lie means that the actor (subject) is doing something to himself or herself. It's what grammarians call a complete verb. When accompanied by subjects, complete verbs tell the whole story.      • Lay, on the other hand, means that the subject is acting on something or someone else; therefore, it requires a complement to make sense. Thus lay always takes a direct object. Lie never does.

  4. Correct Usage Examples • Lie Present tense: I lie down on my bed to rest my weary bones. Past tense: Yesterday, I lay there thinking about what I had to do during the day. Past participle: But I remembered that I had lain there all morning one day last week. • Lay Present tense: As I walk past, I lay the tools on the workbench. Past tense: As I walked past, I laid the tools on the workbench. And: I laid an egg in class when I tried to tell that joke. Past participle: . . . I had laid the tools on the workbench

  5. Answer to “Zits” question: Oh, it should be “lie” as in “recline”; otherwise, he'd be putting “low” somewhere

  6. Sit or Set?

  7. You try 1. Dr. Javier _____ my brother's arm when he broke it. 2. The two teenagers _____ by the pool all day. 3. Chris may ____ a new record in the race today. 4. Just _____ right here until they call your name. 5. They watched the sun ________ over the ocean.

  8. Affect/Effect • Affect / Effect: Is it the cause or result? • affect v. (influence, cause change) • effect n. (result) • Seeing thin models affects a young girl's self image. • An emotional effect may be self-hate or anorexia (not eating).  (result)

  9. Rise or Raise

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