Peaceblinkfriend  +  519946 Wed, 28 May 08 08:54 AM Hi all, I lay down and I felt better for it: why don't you lie down too? 1.Why does 'I felt better for it' mean? 2. Why isn't it 'why didn't you lie down too?' Isn't the speaker talking about what occurred in the past?   Thanks for your help. PBF Peaceblinkfriend Joined on Wed, May 9 2007 Senior Member 2,130 Success - it is not the position where you are standing, but which direction you are going.

	Peaceblinkfriend  +  519985 Wed, 28 May 08 12:35 PM Thanks for your reply Marius Hancu. What might be a situation in which a person would say that?   Thanks PBF Peaceblinkfriend

	Grammar Geek  +  520023 Wed, 28 May 08 01:43 PM We are both very tired. You insist on staying up, staying occupied, doing a bunch of chores. I go take a nap. Later: I get up and tell you how refreshed I feel. You are still tired, and NOW you are cranky too. Seems like a very good thing to say to you at that point! Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Peaceblinkfriend  +  520493 Thu, 29 May 08 01:21 PM I can so imagine a situation like that.   Thanks PBF Peaceblinkfriend