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Board Administrator Username: mjm Post Number: 5288 Registered: 11-1998 |
From Harbrace College Handbook: Twelfth Edition: Do not confuse lay with lie. Lie down means "rest in [or get into] a horizontal position." To lay something down is to place it or put it somewhere. Learn the distinctions between the forms of lie and lay Lie Present Tense: lie Past Tense: lay Past Participle: lain Present Participle: lying Lay Present Tense: lay Past Tense: laid Past Participle: laid Present Participle: laying The verb lie is intransitive and does not take objects. The verb lay is transitive and does take objects. Example sentences using Lie: Lie down. He lay there for hours. She had lain there for days. Lying down, I fell asleep. Example sentences using Lay Please lay the book on the table. We laid these aside. These had been laid aside. She is now laying napkins on the table. |
