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Old 05-20-2016, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by tedquick View Post
Great post, Tal. I have always had trouble with lie and lay. Most of the others I think I understand fairly well.

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Those are two that have troubled me as well.

Even in law school where some of the law students were former journalists some of these words caused problems. This was at the University of Minnesota Law School. My First Year Legal Writing Instructor Monica L., asked a group of us about some of these words and none of us could give really good answers. This was before cell phones and quick access to many sites where you could find such information quickly.