Is there a difference between lay and lie?
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ANSWERS: 13
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If your boyfriend lays you, he's liable to lie about it.
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Lay has been used intransitively in the sense of “lie” since the 14th century. The practice was unremarked until around 1770; attempts to correct it have been a fixture of schoolbooks ever since. Generations of teachers and critics have succeeded in taming most literary and learned writing, but intransitive lay persists in familiar speech and is a bit more common in general prose than one might suspect. Much of the problem lies in the confusing similarity of the principal parts of the two words. Another influence may be a folk belief that lie is for people and lay is for things. Some commentators are ready to abandon the distinction, suggesting that lay is on the rise socially. But if it does rise to respectability, it is sure to do so slowly: many people have invested effort in learning to keep lie and lay distinct. Remember that even though many people do use lay for lie, others will judge you unfavorably if you do. Source:http://mw1.m-w.com/dictionary/lay
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A thing lays on the table, the floor, etc. A living being lies on the bed, the couch, the beach, etc.
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For me lay can mostly mean to put something somewhere such as lay the eating utensils on the counter. Lie can mean assuming a horizontal position or mean not telling the truth.
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'lay' to me is past tense, present habitual, eg. Yesterday, she lay on the sofa all day. On summer evenings they lay on the veranda. And 'lie' is only present habitual, eg. I lie in my bed at night thinking about the day. It's a long time since I studied grammar, but that's my best shot for the moment!:)
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lay is what something else has done to it lie is what you yourself do
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Yes. except the dictionary lists 'lie' as a nonstandard use of lay so it's ok to mess it up
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If you care to come over and lay with me, I'll show you what a lie is On second thought, I just took a lok at your profile and I lied
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Nothing.
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Yes, a mans intentions while trying to get layed usually results in a lie..........
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Dont just lay there, come lie down beside me. Or...you lie, all you do is lay there pretending to work...
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'Lay' can also refer to the past tense or in the third person perspective.
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like and don't like.
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