Transitive/intransitive, I'd say ----- Original Message ----- From: <JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 12:23 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Grammar Girl link > I think we're back to transitives and intransitives....which sort of leads > to reflexive verbs and of course we could talk about subjunctives (which are > horribly unclear in the English language). Or not. > > Julie Krueger > > > ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: Grammar Girl link > Date: 1/24/2007 3:33:27 A.M. Central Standard Time From: > _judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ursula Stange" <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 4:57 AM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Grammar Girl link > > > > Going by memory...but isn't the line something like "Lay, Lady, > > Lay...Lay yourself upon the big.brass bed" > > Grammatically correct, I think... > > Here are the lyrics: > > Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed > Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed > Whatever colors you have in your mind > I'll show them to you and you'll see them shine > > Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed > Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile > Until the break of day, let me see you make him smile > His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean > And you're the best thing that he's ever seen > > Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile > Why wait any longer for the world to begin > You can have your cake and eat it too > Why wait any longer for the one you love > When he's standing in front of you > > Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed > Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead > I long to see you in the morning light > I long to reach for you in the night > Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead > > > > > He's not telling the lady to lie down. He's telling her to > lay herself > > down... > > U. > > > > > > Andreas Ramos wrote: > > > > > One could also remember Lay, lady, lay, lay > > > > > > and one could also remember that it's ungrammatical. it > should be > > > "lie, lady, lie" > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation > on/off, > > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > --------------------------------------------------------------- --- > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html