The lay/lie thing is getting more and more muddled. I think it's because so many people are reading it in fan fiction and getting confused by not knowing it's wrong and copying it. I've got that reply on lots of posts where I have corrected the drug/dragged thing. The writer says they didn't know as they have only seen the drug word used.
Which is another reason I wish for better in fan fiction - if you read something too often that is wrong and let's face it a lot of computer youngsters only read on the computer, the confusion just becomes compounded.
The bring/take thing - I don't think you would screw that up - it's all to do with movement. Bring suggests movement towards the speaker or writer and take suggests motion away from. You bring things with you or to you and take them away. :))
I can forgive typos, we all do them and you can easily see from the rest of the piece where one has happened, three times on one single word though and I presume the writer has lost the plot....but maybe I'm a bit harsh.
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Date: 2006-11-21 01:15 pm (UTC)Which is another reason I wish for better in fan fiction - if you read something too often that is wrong and let's face it a lot of computer youngsters only read on the computer, the confusion just becomes compounded.
The bring/take thing - I don't think you would screw that up - it's all to do with movement. Bring suggests movement towards the speaker or writer and take suggests motion away from. You bring things with you or to you and take them away. :))
I can forgive typos, we all do them and you can easily see from the rest of the piece where one has happened, three times on one single word though and I presume the writer has lost the plot....but maybe I'm a bit harsh.