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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Laid verses layed
Is it correct grammer to use laid or layed when describing whether a chicken has laid/layed an egg? Cheers, dave
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'Layed' is not a word, Dave, any more than 'grammer' is-- they are both misspellings. But yes, chickens lay eggs and dinosaurs laid eggs. 'Lay-laid-laid' takes an object (here, 'eggs') while 'lie-lay-lain' cannot have an object ( I lay on the floor last night because I had a backache ).
- 'Layed' is not a word, Dave, any more than 'grammer' is-- they are both misspellings.
- But yes, chickens lay eggs and dinosaurs laid eggs.
- 'Lay-laid-laid' takes an object (here, 'eggs') while 'lie-lay-lain' cannot have an object ( I lay on the floor last night because I had a backache ).
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'Layed' is not a word, Dave, any more than 'grammer' is-- they are both misspellings. But yes, chickens lay eggs and dinosaurs laid eggs. 'Lay-laid-laid' takes an object (here, 'eggs') while 'lie-lay-lain' cannot have an object (I lay on the floor last night because I had a backache).
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