On Fri, 2015-04-03 at 11:45 -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > > "underlying" > > Whoa! Just to make sure I understand why I used the incorrect word. > > I used an verb while I should have used an adjective - which > 'underlying' is, right?
Err, I haven't done English grammar since the mid 90s (and it was out of fashion in our education system at the time...), I'm just coasting on being allowed to speak my native tongue around here... To lay is indeed a verb. (It also has other forms, e.g. you can be a lay preacher or take in the lay of the land, lets skip all that!). "lying" in the sense of underlying is some form (present participle?) of "To lie" as in to lie down. i.e. underlying means to lie beneath something. Ian. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
