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To whom it may concern
In regards the use and misuse of certain words:
To lie: intransitive verb. Does not take an object.
Today I lie.
Yesterday I lay.
I have lain.
To lay: transitive verb. Takes an object.
Today the chicken lays an egg.
Yesterday the chicken laid an egg.
The chicken has laid many eggs.
Please make a note of it.
To lie: intransitive verb. Does not take an object.
Today I lie.
Yesterday I lay.
I have lain.
To lay: transitive verb. Takes an object.
Today the chicken lays an egg.
Yesterday the chicken laid an egg.
The chicken has laid many eggs.
Please make a note of it.
no subject
It's lying down on the bed, unless the protagonist is carrying a pile of goose feathers. In that case:
She walked in as he was laying down on the bed. "Bob!" she yelled. "Don't do that! I'll be picking feathers out of the afghan for days! I wanted those feathers for stuffing the new pillow!"
Why would I hit you?