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The word lay means to put or place something, but it is also the past tense of the word lie when it means to recline. The more common usage of lie is used to mean telling a falsehood, but this past tense is lied. This may seem confusing now, but it will all become clearer with the following examples! The answers to these practice examples are located at the Rolvaag Writing Desk! Have more questions? Still don’t understand the difference between lay and lie? Make an appointment with a writing tutor! 1.) Visit the Writing Desk homepage, or stolaf.edu/asc/writing-help/ 2.) Click on the Appointments box 3.) Sign in with your St. Olaf email, then click an appointment that works with your schedule! Or just drop on by! Information retrieved from: Allen, Shundalyn. “Laying vs. Lying – What’s the Difference?” Grammarly Blog, 2017, https://www.grammarly.com/blog/lay-lie/ Pamphlet created by Naomi Chalk ‘18 Writing Desk Hours Monday-Thursday 12-5pm, 7-10pm Friday 12pm-5pm Sunday 1-5pm, 7-10pm Rolvaag 302 & 354 Basic difference Lay vs. Lie Brought to you by the Writing Desk

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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.

Thismayseemconfusingnow,butitwillallbecomeclearerwiththefollowingexamples!

Theanswerstothesepracticeexamplesarelocatedatthe

RolvaagWritingDesk!

Havemorequestions?Stilldon’tunderstandthedifference

betweenlayandlie?Makeanappointmentwithawritingtutor!

1.) VisittheWritingDeskhomepage,orstolaf.edu/asc/writing-help/

2.) ClickontheAppointmentsbox3.) SigninwithyourSt.Olafemail,

thenclickanappointmentthatworkswithyourschedule!

Orjustdroponby!

Informationretrievedfrom:Allen,Shundalyn.“Layingvs.Lying–What’stheDifference?”

GrammarlyBlog,2017,https://www.grammarly.com/blog/lay-lie/ PamphletcreatedbyNaomiChalk‘18

WritingDeskHours

Monday-Thursday12-5pm,7-10pm

Friday12pm-5pm

Sunday1-5pm,7-10pm

Rolvaag302&354

Basicdifference

Layvs.Lie

BroughttoyoubytheWritingDesk

Page 2: 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

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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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