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Zombie English

Slate Debates

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Zombi, Conjugation, Verb Marking

Zombe, conjugation, zombi, verb marking. We're told that to be somebody who you know, doesn't smell bad. You're supposed to maintain that distinction between lie and lay but people flout it all the time. And so i'm laying down over here in the corner, somebody'll say, and that drives a certain kind of person crazy. There's just this feticisation about lie and lay. I can o it when i've had my coffee.

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