Laying Or Lying In Bed
Sentences such as the following ones are wrong.
Laying or lying in bed. The real issue is your verb not the prepositions. Correct they are laying a new carpet. They are going to lay the carpet.
However for those who struggle to sleep in another position placing a slim pillow underneath the stomach and hips. If someone is in a reclining position you say he is lying on the sofa or bed. Con versely if you are lay ing some thing you can not use lying.
He is lying on the bed and why don t you lay it on the bed. Once you know how to use both words in their right tenses your vocabulary will improve. The sec ond sen tence is in cor rect un less you are about to lay an egg.
Well the answer is both depending on the tense you are using. If you tell an untruth it is a lie not a lay. Lying and laying.
Both laying in the bed and laying on the bed are incorrect because of the use of laying instead of lying the verb to lay is a transitive verb that requires a direct object. But you lie down on a bed or other flat surface. The annual report was lying on the table of the principal.
The past tense and. He is laying on the bed or why don t you lie it on the bed. And if you are in the process of telling an untruth you are lying and not laying the delivery boy took pleasure in gingerly laying each newspaper on the stoop.
If you are laying you are supposed to be putting down something whereas when you are lying you are just resting or reclining. Grammar and spelling tips don t mix up lie and lay. Lying could also be used when a person is telling an untruth.
In the present tense we lie in bed but in the past tense a person lay in bed. Lying on the front of the body is usually considered the worst sleeping posture. Lying comes from lie which means to rest or be in a reclining position.
