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Laying or lying??
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My co-worker and I are unsure when to use laying and lying? Please could you help us?Thank you.
Jill
My co-worker and I are unsure when to use laying and lying? Please could you help us?Thank you.
Jill
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To lay something generally means to put something, while to lie means to spread your body on a horizontal surface. com /"]Merriam-Webster[/url] is a great resource for this kind of questions.
- To lay something generally means to put something, while to lie means to spread your body on a horizontal surface.
- com /"]Merriam-Webster[/url] is a great resource for this kind of questions.
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To lay something generally means to put something, while to lie means to spread your body on a horizontal surface. [url="http://m-w.com/"]Merriam-Webster[/url] is a great resource for this kind of questions.
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Yes, you're right.
"to lay" is the so called factitive or causative verb of 'to lie',
i.e. 'lay' means "to cause/make someone/something lie"
Causatives are usually weak verbs which are derived from their (usually) strong non-causatives.
There are some more verbs that go this way like e.g.
to fall (fell - fallen)
to fell (felled - felled) (to make som
"to lay" is the so called factitive or causative verb of 'to lie',
i.e. 'lay' means "to cause/make someone/something lie"
Causatives are usually weak verbs which are derived from their (usually) strong non-causatives.
There are some more verbs that go this way like e.g.
to fall (fell - fallen)
to fell (felled - felled) (to make som
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