Today, Friday 5, 2013, my English class had two grammar
shmammar groups present their topics. The first group up to bat was teaching
the class about the differences between the proper use of “lay” and “lie.” I
personally have always had difficulty with this topic; unfortunately their
lesson did little to clarify my confusion. The closest I come to understanding
is that when the direct object is preforming the action “lay” is used and when
the subject is affected, “lie” is used. However, I still have trouble
differentiating between the direct objects being affected versus the subject.
This renders the definition we were given in class useless, until I am able to
understand the differences this lesson will be wasted on me.
The following lesson was more helpful to me; the quick and
concise video clip my classmates presented made distinguishing when to use
“who” and “whom” easy to understand and to put to use in the future. In
simplest terms: who= he and whom= his.
At the end of class, my classmates and I began plotting out
world domination. Megan offered up the best idea of releasing a plague that we
had the antidotes for to kill off half of the population; therefore, there
would be fewer people to control. I found the plan to be well thought out and
more humane than the idea of nuking everyone. Our plotting was interrupted when
Professor Sweeney pointed out that some famous guy ( I cannot remember his name
or find him on Google) stated that there are only two types of people in the
world, decent and indecent. Then he asked if we were plotting to take over the
world, didn’t that make us indecent? The truth is that this would, in fact,
make us indecent people to gain control of the planet through mass murder. Even
if our intentions were to recreate a perfect society, it would be corrupt from
the beginning because it came about through the deaths of many innocent people.
