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The most important confusing word(for me) is lay. I want to give some information and examples about this word ant its some formats(if you need more confusing words please just tell)


lay	to set down or place something
lie	to recline; to tell a falsehood

Examples	Lay your weapons on the table.
	I like to lie in the sun by the lake.
	I don't lie, said George Washington.
lay	to place horizontally (active past tense of lie)
laid	put down (past tense and past participle of lay)
lain	to be horizontal (past participle and passive past tense of lie)
lied	told a falsehood (past tense and past participle of lie)

Examples	I lay in the sun all day yesterday.
	George Washington never lied.
	She laid her cards on the table.
	She was laid to rest.
	She had lain in the sun all afternoon.

Yasavul · Accepted Answer

AFFECT or EFFECT

affect:

to influence, to pretend (verbs); feeling (noun)

effect:

a result; being in operation (nouns); to make happen (verb)

Examples :

Self-concept affects learning.

She affected intellectualism by wearing glasses and using long words

Her affect is always sour in the morning.

One effect of lunar gravity is tides.

The new state income tax was in effect last fall.

The president effected a new policy on international trade.

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