http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/RulesGuestMartini/ngz/post.htm#4034Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:09:16 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4034kitkattail0http://www.englishforums.com/English/RulesGuestMartini/ngz/post.htm#4034http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-4034.xmlAn 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.)http://www.englishforums.com/English/RulesGuestMartini/ngz/post.htm#3882Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:09:16 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:3882maj1http://www.englishforums.com/English/RulesGuestMartini/ngz/post.htm#3882http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-3882.xml- 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 tablehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/RulesGuestMartini/ngz/post.htmSat, 23 May 2009 12:09:16 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:3864Guest2http://www.englishforums.com/English/RulesGuestMartini/ngz/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-3864.xmlWhat are the rules for the verbs Lie, Lay?