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Page 1: Lay vs. Lie - St. Olaf College · subject (“I”) is acting on, use lie in this context instead of lay. 2 The trickiest part of lay vs. lie is that lay is the past tense of lie

Thewordlaymeanstoputorplacesomething,butitisalsothepasttenseofthewordliewhenitmeanstorecline.Themorecommonusageoflieisusedtomeantellingafalsehood,butthispasttenseislied.

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Incontrastwithlay,lieisanintransitiveverb,whichmeansitisonlyusedwhenthereisnodirectobject.

Example:IlovetoliedownintheNaturalLandstolookatthestars.

Becausethereisnoobjectthatthesubject(“I”)isactingon,uselieinthiscontextinsteadoflay.

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Thetrickiestpartoflayvs.lieisthatlayisthepasttenseoflieonlywhenitmeans“torecline.”

Example:IlayonthecouchinRolvaagreadingalldayyesterday.

Inpresenttense,theactionwouldsaylie,butbecauseithappenedyesterday,uselay.

Trypickingtherightusageoflayorlietomakethesesentencescorrect:

Iliketolay/lieinbedandrelaxbeforemyworkshiftatthePause.Myfriendswilllay/lietheirbackpacksoutsidetheCafbeforetheygointoeat.HewassotiredaftertheHallCouncileventlastnightthathelay/liedonthefloorofthelounge.

Nowtrymakingyourownsentences

usingtheserules!

Easiesttrick:“lay”hasadirectobject,and“lie”doesnot

Layvs.Lie

Whyislearningthedifferencesodifficult?Theoverallmisusecomesfromnotusinglayandlieastransitiveandintransitiveverbs.Whatdoesthatmean?

Layisatransitiveverb,meaningithasanobjectitactsupon.

Example:Ilaymytextbookonmydesk.

Inthisexample,layisactingupontheobject,textbook.


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