Thread: OT - Stick, Lay or Settle?
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Old February 24th 05, 09:35 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default OT - Stick, Lay or Settle?
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Anne Burgess writes:
Are the differences regional? I'm from the home counties (Dunstable) and
have always used 'settle' - is there anyone else from Beds who uses
settle?

In this neck of the woods we say 'lie' not 'lay'.

You must come from a grammatical neck of the woods, then.
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