Quoting from message
posted on 24 Feb 2005 by John Hall
I would like to add:

In article ,
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.

Same at "home" (E.Yorks) and here in N.Wales - but also "stick" and "settle"
with occasional "hold".

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