I had to go to urbandictionary dot com to figure out what NGL means … “not going to lie” which then got me concerned about lay or lie in soup. Here is an overly involved explanation of what I found…. and thanks to the nit picker who corrected To Serve Man… I am old enough to have seen the original Twilight Zone. At any rate, here is the explanation.
[Middle English leien, from Old English lecgan; see legh- in Indo-European roots.]Usage Note: Lay (“to put, place, or prepare”) and lie (“to recline or be situated”) have been confused for centuries; evidence exists that lay has been used to mean “lie” since the 1300s. Why? First, there are two lays. One is the base form of the verb lay, and the other is the past tense of lie. Second, lay was once used with a reflexive pronoun to mean “lie” and survives in the familiar line from the child’s prayer Now I lay me down to sleep; lay me down is easily shortened to lay down. Third, lay down, as in She lay down on the sofa sounds the same as laid down, as in I laid down the law to the kids. · By traditional usage prescription, these words should be kept distinct according to the following rules. Lay is a transitive verb and takes a direct object. Lay and its principal parts (laid, laying) are correctly used in the following examples: He laid (not lay) the newspaper on the table. The table was laid for four. Lie is an intransitive verb and cannot take an object. Lie and its principal parts (lay, lain, lying) are correctly used in the following examples: She often lies (not lays) down after lunch. When I lay (not laid) down, I fell asleep. The rubbish had lain (not laid) there a week. I was lying (not laying) in bed when he called. · There are a few exceptions to these rules. The phrasal verb lay for and the nautical use of lay, as in lay at anchor, though intransitive, are standard.Are we having fun yet????
If you look at the Food and Drug Admin website, a serving size is defined as what the government thinks the average person eats in a typical serving. Essentially the Recommended Serving Size is ridiculous. It has noting to do with anything related to what you should or should not be eating. For me, the Recommended Serving Size of Ben and Jerry’s is half a pint…lol
I had to go to urbandictionary dot com to figure out what NGL means … “not going to lie” which then got me concerned about lay or lie in soup. Here is an overly involved explanation of what I found…. and thanks to the nit picker who corrected To Serve Man… I am old enough to have seen the original Twilight Zone. At any rate, here is the explanation.
[Middle English leien, from Old English lecgan; see legh- in Indo-European roots.]Usage Note: Lay (“to put, place, or prepare”) and lie (“to recline or be situated”) have been confused for centuries; evidence exists that lay has been used to mean “lie” since the 1300s. Why? First, there are two lays. One is the base form of the verb lay, and the other is the past tense of lie. Second, lay was once used with a reflexive pronoun to mean “lie” and survives in the familiar line from the child’s prayer Now I lay me down to sleep; lay me down is easily shortened to lay down. Third, lay down, as in She lay down on the sofa sounds the same as laid down, as in I laid down the law to the kids. · By traditional usage prescription, these words should be kept distinct according to the following rules. Lay is a transitive verb and takes a direct object. Lay and its principal parts (laid, laying) are correctly used in the following examples: He laid (not lay) the newspaper on the table. The table was laid for four. Lie is an intransitive verb and cannot take an object. Lie and its principal parts (lay, lain, lying) are correctly used in the following examples: She often lies (not lays) down after lunch. When I lay (not laid) down, I fell asleep. The rubbish had lain (not laid) there a week. I was lying (not laying) in bed when he called. · There are a few exceptions to these rules. The phrasal verb lay for and the nautical use of lay, as in lay at anchor, though intransitive, are standard.Are we having fun yet????