Yes, I will freely admit that I have no natural ear for lay/lie. It always sends me to the grammar book (or slips by). It probably is an American thing--we so often use it incorrectly when we speak that we don't have any idea what we're doing anymore.
Surprisingly, who/whom doesn't bother me as much (not to say I always use it correctly). I took some Latin at some point, and it made me appreciate the who/whom business a bit more. (Although I had fits when I started the language--dative? what the hell is dative? And ablative?--are these even words?). Grammar was not formally taught at my very American elementary school--the nice British graduate student teaching the the Latin class was pretty appalled with us American college students.
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Date: 2006-02-08 10:51 pm (UTC)Surprisingly, who/whom doesn't bother me as much (not to say I always use it correctly). I took some Latin at some point, and it made me appreciate the who/whom business a bit more. (Although I had fits when I started the language--dative? what the hell is dative? And ablative?--are these even words?). Grammar was not formally taught at my very American elementary school--the nice British graduate student teaching the the Latin class was pretty appalled with us American college students.