Lay or Lie question

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[nq:1]'below the picture lies a Latin inscription in a tiny fancy font: ...' Or is it lays?[/nq]
"Lies" (but not as in "Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics").
Ian

[nq:1]'below the picture lies a Latin inscription in a tiny fancy font: ...' Or is it lays?[/nq]
"Lie (lay, lain)" is intransitive (has no object). "John lies down for a nap after lunch." "The book lies on the table."

"Lay (laid, laid)" is transitive (requires an object). "John lays the book on the table." "John lays himself down for a nap daily."

"John lays the book on the t

[nq:2]'below the picture lies a Latin inscription in a tiny fancy font: ...' Or is it lays?[/nq]
[nq:1]"Lie (lay, lain)" is intransitive (has no object). "John lies down for a nap after lunch." "The book lies on the table." "Lay (laid, laid)" is transitive (requires an object). "John lays the book on the table." "John lays himself down for a nap daily."[/nq]
Oops. Correction alert:
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And I thought I learned something about grammar in Kentucky.

Remember, you're representing all of Kentucky here.
[nq:2]"John has laid the book on the table. It has lain there." Bill in Kentucky[/nq]
Posters should say where they live, and for which area they are asking questions. I was born and then lived in Western Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis 7 years
Chicago 6 years
Bro

[nq:2]Oops. Correction alert: "John laid the book on the table. It lay there."[/nq]
[nq:1]And I thought I learned something about grammar in Kentucky. Remember, you're representing all of Kentucky here.[/nq]
I think Usenet changed "lay" to "laid" after it left my computer the first time.

Bill in hiding

[nq:2]And I thought I learned something about grammar in Kentucky. Remember, you're representing all of Kentucky here.[/nq]
[nq:1]I think Usenet changed "lay" to "laid" after it left my computer the first time.[/nq]
The servers in Kentucky might well do that.
[nq:1]Bill in hiding[/nq]
Posters should say where they live, and for which area they are asking questions. I was born and t

[nq:2]I think Usenet changed "lay" to "laid" after it left my computer the first time.[/nq]
[nq:1]The servers in Kentucky might well do that.[/nq]
My server is in Atlanta. Hmm, yes, that could explain it.