What is the past tense of lay off an in “I need to lay off seven employees?”
There’s a disagreement around here between “layed off” and “laid off.” I voted for the latter.
Haj
[sub]This is in the past by the way. No one’s getting let go any time soon.[/sub]
You are correct, and are entitled to the cigar or coconut according to choice. It’s “laid off”.
Javaman is correct. Here’s some relevant info from the dictionary (bolding mine):
Thanks. I don’t win anything other than the satisfaction of knowing that the Big Boss was wrong. He’s never wrong by the way.
Haj