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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Horse's mane will lie flat or will lay flat?

Which is to be used in a brochure? Lie flat is correct but lay flat would be used mostly by the public?
  

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The correct word is "lie," the future tense of the word "lie." "Will lay" means that you are going to put something down: "I will lay the book on the table."
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Anonymousbut lay flat would be used mostly by the public?
Mixing up "lay" and "lie" is a very common error among native speakers.

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