lie } --any _where_.
They lay } They lie }

Imperfect Tense. Imperfect Tense.

I laid } I lay }
Thou laidest } money, Thou layest } down,
He laid } carpets, He lays } too long,
We laid } plans, We lay } on a sofa,
You laid } --any _thing_. You lay } --any _where_.
They laid } They lay }

Present Participle, Laying. Present Participle, Lying.
Perfect Participle, Laid. Perfect Participle, Lain.

452. Many people have an odd way of saying, "I expect," when they mean
only "I think," or "I conclude;" as, "I expect my brother went to Richmond
to-day," "I expect those books were sent to Paris last year." _Expect_ can
relate only to _future_ time, and must be followed by a future tense, or a
verb in the infinitive mood; as, "I expect my brother _will go_ to
Richmond to-day," "I expect _to find_ those books were sent to Paris last
year."

453. "A _summer's_ morning," should be, A _summer_ morning.

454. The vulgar speaker uses adjectives instead of adverbs, and says,
"This letter is written _shocking_;" the genteel speaker uses adverbs
instead of adjectives, and says, "This writing looks _shockingly_."

455. "_Nobody else_ but him," should be, _Nobody_ but him.

456. "That _ain't_ just," should be, That _is not_ just.

457. "He was killed _by_ a cannon-ball," should be, He was killed _with_ a
cannon-ball. He was killed _by_ the cannoneer.

458. "A _new pair_ of gloves," should be, A _pair of new_ gloves.

459. "_Before_ I do that, I must _first_ be paid," should be, Before I do
that, I must be paid.

460. A grammatical play upon the word THAT:

"Now _that_ is a word which may often be joined,
For _that that_ may be doubled is clear to the mind;
And _that that that_ is right, is as plain to the view,
As _that that that that_ we use is rightly used too;
And _that that that that that_ line has in it, is right--
In accordance with grammar, is plain in our sight."

461. "He will go _from thence_ to-morrow." The preposition "from" is
included in these adverbs, therefore it becomes tautology in sense when
prefixed to them.

462. "Equally as well," is a very common expression, and a very incorrect
one; the adverb of comparison, "as," has no right in the sentence.
"Equally