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To: afraidfortherepublic

You will lay the errors upon Mr. Gates’s feet. Lay: to put or place. Lie: to rest or recline; deliberately to speak falsely.


49 posted on 07/02/2010 1:45:12 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("Imperialism requires a certain dotty elan." ~Mark Steyn)
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To: Tax-chick

Oh, I know the difference, but many of today’s college kids don’t. When corrected, they always say, “My spell check said it was OK.”


50 posted on 07/02/2010 2:28:30 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic (Southeast Wisconsin)
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