laid or layed?

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00The verb you're looking for is 05202br
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00present: 01i00I usually lie in bed waiting for...02i02br
00past simple: 01i00[Yesterday] I lay in bed waiting for ...02i02br
00past progressive: 01i00I was lying in bed waiting for ... when ...02i02br
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0I would agree with Tanit. Also, "waiting for the clock to sound" is quite an unusual phrase. It suggests a very unusual kind of clock.02br
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00(If your clock is an ordinary alarm clock, you are "waiting for the alarm to go off"; if it's a public clock, outside your bedroom, you are "waiting for the clock to strike".02br
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Layed is not a word. Use laid.

AnonymousLayed is not a word. Use laid.

That is, use "laid" if it's the right word. In many cases, "lay" is actually the right word.

Thanks I needed that laid out for me?

Is it: she layed her head back or laid her head back?

AnonymousIs it: she layed her head back or laid her head back?

Never use "layed." It's not a word. Eliminate it from your memory!

And yet, I feel it ought to be (a word). It might be the minor official who attends the Vizier at his morning levee, perhaps duly apostrophised (la'***) and faintly guttural. His principal function would, historically, have been the daily waxing of the vice-regal moustaches; though in later ages he wielded considerable powers of patronage. His wife was generally known as the laye

As far as I know layed=delayed

Best regards

Hi,
No, it doesn't.

Clive