Lying In Bed Or Laying
I stayed in bed i lied in bed yesterday i didn t say the truth when i was in bed yesterday i ll leave the interpretation of the second sentence to your imagination.
Lying in bed or laying. The same rule applies to laying and lying. Lying could also be used when a person is telling an untruth. Because you need a direct object only with lay you will know that the past tense is laid. She is lying on the bed she is reclining or resting in a flat position she is laying the blanket on the bed she is putting down or spreading the blanket on the bed.
According to google ngrams lying in bed is much more common. So do we lay or lie in bed. The past tense of lie as in to tell an untruth is lied as you can see the past tense of lie is lay but the past tense of lay is laid which is a recipe for confusion to remember that laid as opposed to lain is the past tense of lay just memorize this phrase. You are laying the bed sheet on the bed.
Lying comes from lie which is a word that has two completely different meanings. Always use laying whenever there is an act of putting down someone or something. In the present tense both lay and lie mean to rest or recline the difference between them is whether the verb. She is laying the blanket on the bed.
Beyond the present tense the pair can become more confusing because lay is the past tense of lie and laid is the. Once you know how to use both words in their right tenses your vocabulary will improve. Use a d when there is a direct object. The past tense of lie is lay and the past participle is lain.
I lay in bed yesterday i was lying in bed. The past tense of lay is laid. Lay means to place something down flat while lie means to be in a flat position on a surface the key difference is that lay is transitive and requires an object to act upon and lie is intransitive describing something moving on its own or already in position. Well the answer is both depending on the tense you are using.
Here are two examples. The past tense and participle of lie is. The torture does not end here. To lay is a transitive verb.
Lay requires a direct object. Both laying in the bed and laying on the bed are incorrect because of the use of laying instead of lying the verb to lay is a transitive verb that requires a direct object. To lie by contrast is intransitive. The correct verb should have been to lie which is an intransitive verb i e it does not take a direct object.
She is lying on the bed 2. It is an indicator of state not action. So it is always laying the carpet laying down the mobile on the bed laying the patient on the stretcher and so on. People often misuse these words and especially their past tenses.
Unless you are a chicken you are lying on the bed. The confusion with lay and lie comes from the overlap between the verbs tenses. In the present tense we lie in bed but in the past tense a person lay in bed.