• Deconceptualist@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    I don’t know if there is a rule. This one might just be an example of English being needlessly confusing.

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      7 months ago

      IF you can do that-vs-who/m, then you can do this.

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        7 months ago

        No, I think I’ve got a good handle on that. Studying German and learning Akkusativ vs Dativ really helped.

        I think the challenge here involves a few things:

        • It’s hard to remember irregular verbs unless they’re super common.
        • The vowel shifts on the right side: present-tense Lie and Lying vs past Lay and Lain.
        • Some of the forms on the right are very similar sounding to ones on the left, plus Lay is confusingly used in two rather different situations.