spelling question

[Rodleydave]

we relayed the turf
or
we re-laid the turf

[FactualFrank]

re-laid (relaid), I think.

[duncandisorderly]

A chap relayed to me that the pitch had been relaid, during a relay, really.

[dsr]

relaid. The verb relay meaning to lay again follows the same rule as to lay, laid, and even lain if you;re feeling old fashioned. And putting the hyphen in is a pragmatic option to remove all confusion with relay, as in relay race, which does have relayed as the past tense.

[Sausage]

Definitely relaid. It can be hyphenated or not. Your choice.

[Rodleydave]

I will relay this to the proof reader.

[CnBtruntru]

Really? Rodley

[The Enclosure]

I will await Spadesclaret's ruling on this

[tim_noone]

Relaid Rodney ...erm rodley

[john'sroseyspecs]

You could be moving turf with a team of people in a human chain. Then relayed is correct

[dsr]

It's only relayed as long as they're passing it from hand to hand - as soon as the last man puts it down, it's relaid.

[Down_Rover]

It's only relayed as long as they're passing it from hand to hand - as soon as the last man puts it down, it's relaid.

Surely you mean relaying as it is present tense

[spadesclaret]

I will await Spadesclaret's ruling on this

See post 4. I couldn't have put it better

[NRC]

I don't even understand why there's a question! Laid is the past participle of lay. All that is being done here is er..... doing it again so it's relaid, and has been said feel free to use a hyphen, though the context within the sentence should make it clear enough.

Head scratcher for me.

[ngsobob]

The proof reader being Mrs Thomas? Step gently.

[minnieclaret]

I'm pleased a man of your previous occupation and wordsmith abilities has the cojones to even ask.
It was relaid for me. To lay something down again vs to get an object from a to b in stages.

[KateR]

who really cares It's a word, communication by language is just that, to communicate something such that other understand, spelling police are, well yes they are! Grammar and Capitals much more important than spelling.

[Redbeard]

Never mind all the partying-type posts at this special time: the above just has to be post of the week!

[Man of Kent]

who really cares It's a word, communication by language is just that, to communicate something such that other understand, spelling police are, well yes they are! Grammar and Capitals much more important than spelling.

Beyond ironic!

[halfmanhalfbiscuit]

I have a question.
Rooves or Roofs?
Apparently Roofs is correct, but is just doesn’t look right to me?

[KateR]

Capital letters are important, for example:

"helping your Uncle Jack off a horse" & "helping your uncle jack off a horse"

2 different meanings but you could say spelt correctly

[NRC]

Spelled

[spadesclaret]

Spelt or spelled?

Spelled is becoming more common but spelt is the traditional British preference.

[NRC]

Spades, when you wrote that down, and went through it in your head, did you imagine it out in a Home Counties accent? The empire's not doing that well you know.

[spadesclaret]

I don't remember going through it in my head

[tim_noone]

I have a question.
Rooves or Roofs?
Apparently Roofs is correct, but is just doesn’t look right to me?

Hoofs or hooves