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Stupid Google!

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conantg · 09/06/2013 18:23

I typed a search into Google: "Can malaria lie dormant?". The response was "Did you mean 'Can malaria lay dormant?'". And it keeps trying to change it to the "lay dormant" version. Obviously more online items contain the incorrect grammatical construction. Makes me scream.

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SoupDragon · 09/06/2013 18:24

Google is American.

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SconeRhymesWithGone · 10/06/2013 14:48

Try it on Bing (also American). Wink

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