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Gene93 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
to lay something out/to set something out
Hello,
Would both verbs work in the following sentences:
- The board has set out/laid out its plans for the coming year.
- The code of practice lays out/sets out very clearly what the duties of registrar are.
- The farmer's market was full of brightly colored vegetables laid out/set out on stalls.
They look similar, but for some reason I don't think they are. Cambridge Dictionary's definitions make me thing that "set out" suggests an even more detailed statement. "Lay out" is simply defined as "to explain clearly". I think I'd use set out in the third, but I don't know why.
Would both verbs work in the following sentences:
- The board has set out/laid out its plans for the coming year.
- The code of practice lays out/sets out very clearly what the duties of registrar are.
- The farmer's market was full of brightly colored vegetables laid out/set out on stalls.
They look similar, but for some reason I don't think they are. Cambridge Dictionary's definitions make me thing that "set out" suggests an even more detailed statement. "Lay out" is simply defined as "to explain clearly". I think I'd use set out in the third, but I don't know why.
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Physically, to lay out is more horizontal and more casual (things can overlap and obscure each other a bit) whilst to set out is to stand things in their place (often upright) usually to avoid one thing obscuring another. What this means in practice (to my mind) is that whilst both are put out in public, things that are "set out" feel like they are going to be easier to examine than things that are "laid out". d
- Physically, to lay out is more horizontal and more casual (things can overlap and obscure each other a bit) whilst to set out is to stand things in their place (often upright) usually to avoid one thing obscuring another.
- What this means in practice (to my mind) is that whilst both are put out in public, things that are "set out" feel like they are going to be easier to examine than things that are "laid out".
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Physically, to lay out is more horizontal and more casual (things can overlap and obscure each other a bit) whilst to set out is to stand things in their place (often upright) usually to avoid one thing obscuring another.
What this means in practice (to my mind) is that whilst both are put out in public, things that are "set out" feel like they are going to be easier to examine than things tha
What this means in practice (to my mind) is that whilst both are put out in public, things that are "set out" feel like they are going to be easier to examine than things tha
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