LL-L "Grammar" 2003.02.25 (11) [E]

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From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2003.02.25 (08) [E]

Since it seems to be free-for all griping time right now, I'm eager not to
miss the moment and vent my two chief gripes about violations of the English
language:

1) "I like to lay on the sofa and watch TV" - even heard in song titles such
as "Lay down, Sally" and "Lay lady lay".
I don't think I have to explain that one - let me only mention that I've
never, ever found an egg on the sofa after these people got up.

2) This one really hurts, and I almost never see it applied correctly
(except on this forum not so long ago): "It didn't used to be this way", or
"I didn't used to like her".
How can this not even sound "funny" to those who say that instead of "didn't
use to"?

Gabriele Kahn

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