Disremember
This word is obsolete. Use forget, or “I do not remember.”
Lie, Lay
The verbs lie and lay are often confounded, even by intelligent persons. Lie does not take an object. We cannot lie a thing. It is therefore intransitive.
Lay, which means to place in position, requires an object. We lay a book on a table, or bricks on the wall. It is therefore transitive.
The principal parts of the first verb are lie, lay, lain; and of the second, lay, laid, laid. The word lay is found in both, and this is, in part, accountable for the confusion. The most frequent errors result from using laid, the past tense form of the transitive verb, when the word lay, the past tense form of the intransitive verb, should be used. The ear naturally expects the usual past tense ending of the d or t sound, and as that is absent in the past tense of lie, the past tense form of the other verb is substituted. For the same reason the participle form laid is often incorrectly used for lain.
“He told me to lie down, and I lay down,” not laid down. “I told him to lay the book down, and he laid it down.” “The ship lay at anchor.” “They lay by during the storm.” “The book is lying on the shelf.” “He lay on the ground and took cold.” “They lay in ambush.” “Lie low or he will discover you.” “The goods are still lying on his hands.” “Time lay heavily on their hands.” “We must lie over at the next station.” “A motion was made that the resolution lie on the table.” “Now I lie down to sleep.” “Now I lay me down to sleep.”
The foregoing sentences illustrate the correct usage of these confusing verbs.
As, That
“Did your cousin go to town yesterday?” “Not as I know.” Better, “Not that I know.” Better still, “I do not know.” “I do not know as I shall go.” Use that for as.