GRAMMAR NAZIS: When do I use "put" and when do I use "place"?

[her209]

What are the rules regarding this?

 

[randay]

put it in my mouth.

 

[Rastus]

"Your face looks like someone tried to place out a forest fire with a screwdriver."

Here's a good start.

 

[SonnyDaze]

When you put something in its place?

 

[doze]

You can find a place to put something. Something can be put in a place.

But you can't place something in a put.

 

[Rastus]

Originally posted by: doze
You can find a place to put something. Something can be put in a place.

But you can't place something in a put.[/q]

You can on a crap table.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
When you put something in its place?

Is it grammatically correct to say "I place it back in its place"?

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
When you put something in its place?

Is it grammatically correct to say "I placed it back in its place"?

It is grammatically correct, but you might wanna use put.

 

[SonnyDaze]

Originally posted by: George P Burdell

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
When you put something in its place?

Is it grammatically correct to say "I placed it back in its place"?

It is grammatically correct, but you might wanna use put.

Right. Because it is now past tense. I believe put is one of those words that has no relation to time....present tense or past tense. If that makes any fvcking sense......

 

[dullard]

Dictionary.com to the rescue.

Put, place, lay, set mean to bring or take an object (or cause it to go) to a certain location or position, there to leave it. Put is the general word: to put the dishes on the table; to put one's hair up. Place is a more formal word, suggesting precision of movement or definiteness of location: He placed his hand on the Bible. Lay, meaning originally to cause to lie, and set, meaning originally to cause to sit, are used particularly to stress the position in which an object is put: lay usually suggests putting an object rather carefully into a horizontal position: to lay a pattern out on the floor. Set usually means to place upright: to set a child on a horse.

 

[Czervik]

Politely.......It places the lotion in the basket.

When you mean business.....Put the fvcking lotion in the basket!

 

[mordantmonkey]

Originally posted by: Czervik
Politely.......It places the lotion in the basket.

When you mean business.....Put the fvcking lotion in the basket!

:laugh:

 

[SophalotJack]

Originally posted by: randay
put it in my mouth.

place it on my face?