The Difference Between Lay and Lie
The Difference Between Lay and Lie
LIE - to recline Present: lie Present participle: lying Past: lay Past participle: lain
LAY - to place something down Present: lay Present participle: laying Past: laid Past participle: laid
Here's the difference;
Lie is something you do to yourself. There is no object involved.
Lie is something you do to yourself. There is no object involved.
Lay is something you do to something or someone else. An object is involved.
LIE - to recline Present: I lie on the bed. Present participle: I am lying here. Past: Yesterday, I lay on the bed. Past participle: I had lain on the bed all morning.
LAY - to place something down (note the baby is the object) Present: I lay the baby on the bed. Present participle: I am laying the baby on the floor. Past: Yesterday, I laid the baby down. Past participle: I had laid the baby down.
- I laid on the bed. << WRONG Yesterday,
- I lay the baby down. << WRONG
- I am laying here << WRONG (unless you are a chook!)