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: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/LayVsLie/wdwzj/post.htm#685324Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:41:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:685324Jacobsen0http://www.englishforums.com/English/LayVsLie/wdwzj/post.htm#685324http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-685324.xmlThank you for your quick answer and for welcoming me.http://www.englishforums.com/English/LayVsLie/wdwzj/post.htm#685321Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:39:02 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:685321Grammar Geek1http://www.englishforums.com/English/LayVsLie/wdwzj/post.htm#685321http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-685321.xmlHi Jacobsen, and welcome to English Forums. Yes, you are right. Lie and lay are often confused by native speakers and learners alike. There is no object, so the verb &quot;to lie&quot; is the correct verb. I want to lie down.http://www.englishforums.com/English/LayVsLie/wdwzj/post.htmTue, 10 Mar 2009 19:26:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:685313Jacobsen2http://www.englishforums.com/English/LayVsLie/wdwzj/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-685313.xmlI think it is correct to use &quot;lie&quot; in the following sentence, but am I right?: &quot;He said he wanted to go and lie down&quot; If I am right, is the explanation then that there is not object for &quot;lie&quot;?