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These six little words are probably the most troublesome in the language, but after a careful study of the following outline you should be able to use them. correctly.

First: Lic, sit, and rise are intransitive; lay, set, and raise are transitive.
Second: Lie and sit mean rest; lay and set mean to cause to rest.

Third: Raise means to cause to rise.

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I am going to lie down.

I lay down yesterday.

LAY

I will lay the book where I found it.
We laid the money upon the table.

I had just lain down when you I have laid the books upon the shelf.

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EXERCISE 61

Fill in the blank spaces with the proper forms of the verb "drive." (Deduct two and one-half per cent for each error.)

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