Part 15 (1/2)
NOTES--The following exceptions in the use of _sit_ and _set_ are, by reason of usage, regarded as correct: _The sun sets, The moon sets, They sat theo_
_Lie_,to deceive, has for its principal parts, _lie, lied, lied Lie_, however, with thisto recline The present participle of _lie_ is _lying_
Co sentences, and note the reasons why the second form in each case is the correct form
WRONG RIGHT Awake me early to-morrow Wake me early to-morrow
He oke by the noise He oke (waked) by the noise
He has fallen a tree He has felled a tree
I have laid down I have lain down
I lay the book down (past tense) I laid the book down
The river has raised The river has risen
He raised in bed He rose in bed
I set there I sat there
I sat the chair there I set the chair there
EXERCISE 34
_For the proper use of each of the folloords:_
Lie, lay (to place), sit, set, sat, sitting, setting, lie (to recline), lie (to deceive), lying, laying, rise, arose, raised, raise, fell (to topple over), fallen, felled, awake, wake, awaked, woke, falling, felling, rising, raising, waking, awaking, lain, laid, lied
EXERCISE 35
_Correct such of the following sentences as are wrong:_
1 Let sleeping dogs lay
2 The sun has sat in the golden west
3 He has laid in bed all
5 Let hi as he wishes
6 He sat the chair by the table
7 He awoke everybody at daylight
8 He laid down to sleep
9 Let him lie there until he wakes
10 The shower has lain the dust
11 The curtain raised because it was raised by his orders
12 The river has risen four feet
13 Falling trees is his amusement
14 To have been awaked then would have been sad
15 To have waked then would have been sad
16 Waking at dawn, they renewed the journey
17 He has set there all day
18 He lay the papers before the judge
19 The judge laid the papers aside
20 Lieing in the shade is his most strenuous occupation
EXERCISE 36
_In the following sentences fill the blanks with the proper forms of the verbs indicated:_
SIT AND SET
1 I ---- in that seat all the evening
2 Please ---- here until I return