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04-20-2006, 09:59 PM
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| | | Grammar Question
I'm too lazy to figure this out myself, and I'm hoping someone here can help.
Let's say I am currently very sad and resting in my bed. Which would be the correct sentence:
- "I lie in bed very sad."
- "I lay in bed very sad."
I'm trying to create this in the present. It would be similar to saying "I drink coffee while I'm in bed."
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04-20-2006, 10:20 PM
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04-20-2006, 10:28 PM
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| | lie (v.): To be or place oneself at rest in a flat, horizontal, or recumbent position; recline.
lay (v.): To cause to lie down//to place in or bring to a particular position. 
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04-20-2006, 10:33 PM
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04-21-2006, 02:56 AM
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| | | It should say, "I lie in bed, very sad." |
04-21-2006, 06:31 AM
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| | | Lie.
Just further confirmation.
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04-22-2006, 04:33 AM
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| | | Chickens lay. Humans lie.
(but humans can lay if it is in the past tense) |
04-22-2006, 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by makeup rat lie (v.): To be or place oneself at rest in a flat, horizontal, or recumbent position; recline.
lay (v.): To cause to lie down//to place in or bring to a particular position. | but lay is also simple past of lie |
04-22-2006, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Cheshire Cat It should say, "I lie in bed, very sad." | yes. |
04-22-2006, 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by kesh but lay is also simple past of lie | i think (my step monster was a grammer nut) lay is reserved for inanimate objects and lie is for animate objects. thats how she explained it to me when i was seven and speaking in such a way as to make her ears hurt. 
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04-22-2006, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by dirtyplotte i think (my step monster was a grammer nut) lay is reserved for inanimate objects and lie is for animate objects. thats how she explained it to me when i was seven and speaking in such a way as to make her ears hurt. | so what's the past tense of lie? it's not lied. i thought it was lay. |
04-22-2006, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by betty blue so what's the past tense of lie? it's not lied. i thought it was lay. | i dont know. truly
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04-22-2006, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by betty blue so what's the past tense of lie? it's not lied. i thought it was lay. | it's lay. lie/lay/lain BUT lay/laid/laid (present/past/past perfect).
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04-22-2006, 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by sokkar it's lay. lie/lay/lain BUT lay/laid/laid (present/past/past perfect). |
its not lie/lie/lain?
my step monster would be so disappointed in me. who cares. shes full of POOP
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04-22-2006, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by dirtyplotte its not lie/lie/lain?
my step monster would be so disappointed in me. who cares. shes full of POOP | not as far as i know. "he lies on the couch" > "he lay on the couch" > "he had lain on the couch".
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