Raise and Rose

[marguerite_26]

This is a note to myself (and a copy and paste from a beta comment). I need these handy so I can refer to them and stop making the same damn mistake. Feel free to scroll on past and mock me quietly. Or if you make these mistakes, see also Lay vs Laid.


Raise and rise are like lay and lie. Raise requires an object. So: Harry RAISED his arm in the air, BUT, his arm ROSE. Also, in passive voice: his arm was RAISED. So you could rephrase this if you want to use raised, but the way you have it now, it's rose.

Harry bit his lip and raised his left arm to . . .

Harry bit his lip and his left hand rose to . . .

Harry bit his lip and his left hand raised (an object) . . .

Harry bit his lip; his left arm was raised and pressed . . .

Thank you faithwood for once again teaching me where my elementary school failed.

Comments

[katelinmr.livejournal.com]

I love faithwood, she should be an English teacher. I mean I knew this, but I didn't knew the lay vs laid thing!!!

I feel so. dumb.

*bows to faith*

[starduchess.livejournal.com]

Those are some of the hardest phrases to use correctly. We've all used them wrongly at some point in our lives, so no one should feel bad about that.

[myashke.livejournal.com]

Dude, this one always gets me. Also? Laying vs. Lying - and I was an English major, newspaper editor, etc. I just can't seem to get it etched into my brain!

♥

[reiya-wakayama.livejournal.com]

lols, I'm in english class as I read this. EPIC!!! *takes notes for later* "Mrs. Marcus (my teacher), is this correct?" XD ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Always helpful! I can never get lie/lay straight.

[shadowfireflame.livejournal.com]

Fanfic has taught me so much more about grammar than school ever did. *adds to mems*

[meglw0228.livejournal.com]

Thank you for these! I'm saving them to use as examples when I or someone I'm betaing for gets stuck again! Perfectly put!

[nenne.livejournal.com]

I'm bookmarking.

[groolover.livejournal.com]

Huh, I'd actually always assumed that using 'lay' when it should be 'lie' etc was an Americanism, because it seems to be only American writers (that I beta for) who regularly use that, but it's SO regular that I thought they must actually use those words in everyday speech.