Guest  +  3864 Sun, 10 Aug 03 07:17 PM What are the rules for the verbs Lie, Lay? Guest Verbs

	maj  +  3882 Sun, 10 Aug 03 10:44 PM - 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 maj Joined on Mon, Mar 31 2003 Senior Member 4,756

	kitkattail  +  4034 Tue, 12 Aug 03 07:41 AM 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, has an object, whereas an intransitive verb is not and does not.) kitkattail Joined on Tue, Aug 12 2003 Toronto Full Member 400 www.kitkattail.blogspot.com Verbs