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You are absolutely correct. It is lay...past tense has nothing to do with it in this case!

Posted By: nm on 2006-02-04
In Reply to: Laid takes an object. sm - Winnie Ruth

Subject: You are absolutely correct. It is lay...past tense has nothing to do with it in this case!

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past tense or present tense.sm.

in PE.  Doctors love to toggle back and forth between is, are, and was, and were!  On ASR we are told not to over edit!  What would you do.... anybody :)


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Subject: since he "laid" down -- past tense (sm)

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Subject: if its past tense... it would be laid

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it is laid if it is past tense
Subject: it is laid if it is past tense


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Subject: to the best of my knowledge it is a word (past/versus present tense)


I think it a doctor tense of tenodesis and have been typing that tense "tenodese" for years (s
Subject: I think it a doctor tense of tenodesis and have been typing that tense "tenodese" for years (sm)

There is an article from the Journal of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand that spells it that way too http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1531091404000981 -
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Subject: absolutely correct what you said about AAMT..nm

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Subject: you are absolutely correct.... what was I thinking.... Thank you!


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Subject: checked with doc today. You guys were absolutely correct. Thank you.


No not upper case. Lap-Band is correct. nm
Subject: No not upper case. Lap-Band is correct. nm

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still hallux and lower case is correct..nm
Subject: still hallux and lower case is correct..nm


Lying is correct in this case. Laying takes a subject, sm
Subject: Lying is correct in this case. Laying takes a subject, sm

Laying is correct if she is laying an egg or laying a baby down for a nap. If you recline, you are lying. Sounds like a insult, doesn't it, like she isn't telling the truth.
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Subject: these would be lower case correct? orthopedic department of the medial school.

perhaps a trip to the orthopedic department at the medical school would help him find somebody that could advise him regarding this approach.
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Subject: It is upper case for stain, lower case

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Subject: probably tense.............

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s/l ice on tense?
Subject: s/l ice on tense?

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Subject: She lay in bed, present tense....sm

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Subject: how about "a tense effusion"


tense effusion
Subject: tense effusion

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Subject: on all reps I try for present tense except


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Subject: Biceps tense up well when he exerts

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Subject: I would say the dictator made up his/her own tense to the word bursitis, would flag it and have QA let you know.


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Subject: Yes, absolutely. Thank you - nm


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