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Rules for Lie, Lay (Guest:Martini)
What are the rules for the verbs Lie, Lay?
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- lie, lay, lain means to be flat or horizontal: She is lying on her bed. - lie, lied, lied means not to tell the truth: He is lying, I tell you. - lay, laid, laid means put sth down.
- - lie, lay, lain means to be flat or horizontal: She is lying on her bed.
- - lie, lied, lied means not to tell the truth: He is lying, I tell you.
- - lay, laid, laid means put sth down.
- They are laying the table
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- lie, lay, lain means to be flat or horizontal: She is lying on her bed.
- lie, lied, lied means not to tell the truth: He is lying, I tell you.
- lay, laid, laid means put sth down. They are laying the table
- lie, lied, lied means not to tell the truth: He is lying, I tell you.
- lay, laid, laid means put sth down. They are laying the table
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An easy way to distinguish between "lie, lay, lain" and "lay, laid, laid" is that the first stands alone whereas the second is something you do to something else. For example, I lie down on the grass, but I lay the blanket down on the grass. Does that make sense?
(The technical terms, if you care, are "transitive" and "intransitive." A transitive verb is done to something, or in other words,
(The technical terms, if you care, are "transitive" and "intransitive." A transitive verb is done to something, or in other words,
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