RE: Lay versus lie

["Sarah Blake" <Sarah -dot- Blake -at- microfocus -dot- com>]

> I remember watching COPS and always being bothered by the policemen
> yelling at suspects to "Lay down on the ground!" Still, I suppose that
> if a policeman was pointing his gun at me and yelling at me to "Lay
down
> on the ground," that would NOT be the time to correct his grammar.

Though it would probably go rather badly for me; I have bad hearing and
would likely presume I just hadn't heard /what/ I was meant to lay down.

I can see the conversation now.

Cop: Lay down on the ground!
Panicked Englishwoman: Err, sorry, I didn't quite catch that, what am I
laying down?
Cop: You being funny with me?
Panicked Englishwoman: Err what?  No, I just didn't hear you, could you
repeat that please?
Cop: Lay down!
Panicked Englishwoman: Yeah, I got that part, but what am I laying
down...

Your policemen are all nice polite fellows who'd laugh with me about it
later, right?  ...right?

Sarah Blake
Senior Technical Author
Micro Focus

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