617 - 'Lay' and 'Lie.' 'Grill' and 'Grille.' 'Warsh.'

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Mignon Fogarty, Inc.

Society & Culture, Education

4.5 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2018

⏱️ 10 minutes

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This week, we talk about why people say "warsh" instead of "wash"(it's called in the intrusive R), about why we have two spellings for the word that sounds like "grill," and how to remember the difference between "lay" and "lie." FOLLOW ALONG ON THE WEBSITE 'Lay' and 'Lie' http://bit.ly/layLie 'Grill' and 'Grille' http://bit.ly/grill-grille 'Warsh' http://bit.ly/wash-warsh FOLLOW GRAMMAR GIRL Twitter: http://twitter.com/grammargirl Facebook: http://facebook.com/grammargirl Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/realgrammargirl Instagram: http://instagram.com/thegrammargirl LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/grammar-girl SPONSORS http://juicebeauty.com/grammar (use the promo code Grammar20) http://mrclean.com/grammargirl GRAMMAR POP iOS GAME Optimized for iPad: http://bit.ly/GrammarPopiPad For iPad and iPhone: http://bit.ly/GrammarPop GRAMMAR GIRL BOOKS http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl-book-page

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0:00.0	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:04.6	Grammar Girl here, I'm Mignon Fogarty.
0:06.8	Today, I have a meeting middle about the difference between lay and lie,
0:10.9	a tidbit about people who say wash instead of wash,
0:14.3	and a quick and dirty tip about grilling.
0:16.9	Let's start with lay and lie.
0:20.3	First, we'll do the easy part, which is the present tense.
0:23.7	If you exclude the meaning to tell an untruth,
0:26.9	and just focus on the setting and reclining meanings of lay and lie,
0:31.3	then the important distinction is that lay requires a direct object,
0:35.5	and lie doesn't.
0:37.3	So you lie on the sofa, no direct object,
0:40.7	but you lay the book on the table.
0:43.4	The book is the direct object.
0:46.0	This is in the present tense when you're talking about doing something now.
0:49.6	You lie on the sofa and you lay a book on the table.
0:53.7	There are a bunch of ways to remember this part.
0:56.8	The way I remember is to think of the phrase,
0:59.1	lay it on me.
1:00.8	You're laying something at the direct object on me.
1:04.9	It's a catchy, dorky 1970s kind of phrase,
1:08.4	and I can remember it and remember that it's correct.
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