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Say lies vs Tell liea

Both phrases are incorrect. The correct phrases are 'tell lies' and 'tell a lie'. 'Tell lies' is used when someone habitually speaks untruths, while 'tell a lie' is used for a single untruthful statement.

Last updated: March 25, 2024 • 771 views

Say lies

This phrase is not correct in English.

The correct phrase is 'tell lies' when referring to someone habitually speaking untruths.
  • Yeah. That's why I don't think he'd say lies about me.
  • Made us say lies... do things... but we beat him.
  • This is a debate which, as you know, we have had several times in the Council; a debate which I think I can say lies at the heart of the reform undertaken on the initiative of Commissioner Patten.
  • I say therein lies salvation and eternal gratitude.
  • The evidence, they say, lies buried in the ice sheets of Greenland.
  • I'd say that reality lies somewhere in the middle.
  • It's says your sister lies in a public house in Wolverhampton.
  • I didn't say everybody always lies...
  • Finally, let me say that nothing lies like bad statistics.
  • Yes, his mother says he never lies.
  • Exactly who incited you to say such lies?
  • Brother-in-law, whatever they say are lies.
  • The basic reason for the tension, he says, lies in the introduction of Islamic law in several predominantly Muslim regions in 1999.
  • Or, should I say casa of lies.
  • Some scholars say the answer lies in our country's history shows that these corrupt individuals are highly educated people.
  • With regard to the regulations for hunting, I must say that this lies outside my competence.
  • She'd say there were white lies and...
  • You know, they say a bullet never lies.
  • Says the man who lies about his own name.
  • Says the guy who lies for a living.

Alternatives:

  • tell lies
  • speak untruths

Tell liea

This phrase is not correct in English.

The correct phrase is 'tell a lie' when referring to a single untruthful statement.

Alternatives:

  • tell a lie
  • fib
  • fabricate

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