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Bookmark or Share- vocabulary - The reason "lays" or "lies" in the facts - English ...I have trouble with this sentence. "Reason" is singular and I want to use the present tense, not the past. Which one is the correct one? The reason lays in the facts The reason lies in the
- grammar - Confusion about the use of 'quite' in 'quite a bit', 'quite a ..."Quite a bit" and "quite a lot" do mean the same thing. The difference is that "quite a bit" uses "a bit" ironically (saying the opposite of the truth) or in understatement (saying something is less in number or importance than it actually is), while "quite a lot" is literal.
- What is the difference between on and about? [duplicate]lied on eating habits (WRONG) lied on food (WRONG) lied on the plane ("the plane" is not the topic) Similarly for nouns derived from such verbs. For example a "conversation on the plane" is not the same as "a conversation about the plane".
- Is "halfly" a word? - English Language Learners Stack ExchangeI lied to her. Well, only halfly. I was indeed sick. If halfly is italicized, readers will accept, and interpret it as being artistic license. It also sounds like something a schoolboy would say to justify a lie. All in all, I think halfly is effective, it achieves what it sets out to do.
- tense - I worked, I've worked, I have been working. I need some ...1/ "I lied to her" is a simple statement in past. 2/ You can search this as one of the conditionals (btw I don't think it's "hurted" but only "hurt"). Second example: 1/ Yeah. 2/ This means the same thing as 1/ (well it can differ in nuances but your point is not one of these cases) - you are just expressing your experience in this case probably.
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