by Sheila Tofflemire
December 17, 2009
Many people think that choosing to use the indefinite article a or an depends on whether the word that follows starts with a consonant or a vowel. However, many people are wrong.
It’s not spelling that matters. What counts is the sound of the word that follows. Use a when followed by a consonant sound, including [...]
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by Sheila Tofflemire
December 6, 2009
The proper use of these verbs creates quite a conundrum for most of us. I often have to look them up just to remind myself of the proper usage.
First, let’s define them:
Lie¹ – to tell an untruth
Lie² – to recline; to rest in a horizontal or recumbent position
Lay – to put or place something
For the [...]
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