Anonymous  [More info] Which is correct to write: I laid in bed waiting for the clock to sound, or I layed in bed...? Anonymous

	+1 Tanit  [More info] Hi, The verb you're looking for is lie (lay, lain). present: I usually lie in bed waiting for... past simple: [Yesterday] I lay in bed waiting for ... past progressive: I was lying in bed waiting for ... when ... The verb lay (laid, laid) is transitive, so you need an object; for instance, you could say (in the past), "I laid the baby on the bed." As far as I know, "layed" is not a word. See also: CJ's post another post written by CJ Tanit Joined on Mon, Jul 31 2006 Senior Member 3,444 There is no greater pain than to remember a happy time when one is in misery. (Dante)

	+1 MrPedantic  [More info] I would agree with Tanit. Also, "waiting for the clock to sound" is quite an unusual phrase. It suggests a very unusual kind of clock. (If your clock is an ordinary alarm clock, you are "waiting for the alarm to go off"; if it's a public clock, outside your bedroom, you are "waiting for the clock to strike". MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,705 ...opella forensis / adducit febris...

	+1 Grammar Geek  [More info] Anonymous “Layed is not a word. Use laid. ” That is, use "laid" if it's the right word. In many cases, "lay" is actually the right word.   Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 22,009 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	+1 Grammar Geek  [More info] Anonymous “Is it:  she layed her head back or laid her head back? ” Never use "layed." It's not a word. Eliminate it from your memory! :) Grammar Geek

	+1 MrPedantic  [More info] And yet, I feel it ought to be (a word). It might be the minor official who attends the Vizier at his morning levee, perhaps duly apostrophised (la'yed) and faintly guttural. His principal function would, historically, have been the daily waxing of the vice-regal moustaches; though in later ages he wielded considerable powers of patronage. His wife was generally known as the laye'di (note the different accentuation). MrPedantic