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I want you to lay/set the table before I finish cooking.
Are lay and set interchangeable in the above? Thanks.
Thanks, Edward.
Got it.
But in BE, 'lay' is equally admissible. Incidentally, though, one set of cutlery laid out is called a 'setting' (not a laying)]
I've heard people (native speakers of English) working in fast-food outlets using another verb:'put the table'. But this is certainly not colloquial in any dialect of English I've ever heard; I presume it's Hispanic in origin, from the expression 'poner la mesa'.
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Last edited by BobK; 13-Dec-2007 at 15:30. Reason: Added parenthesis in last para
Thanks, Bob.
Got it!
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