I can definitely give it the old college try, but man... lay/lie is freaking hard!
One thing I swore to people I wouldn't do was make this a "grammar" column and be all "the past pluperfect participle of the genitive infinitive pluralized subjunctive" -- but lay/lie is really hard to explain without being all... editory. ;-) I'll have to think hard on finding a way to discuss that in a way people won't fall asleep.
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One thing I swore to people I wouldn't do was make this a "grammar" column and be all "the past pluperfect participle of the genitive infinitive pluralized subjunctive" -- but lay/lie is really hard to explain without being all... editory. ;-) I'll have to think hard on finding a way to discuss that in a way people won't fall asleep.