Can someone please help me with a sentence I would like to use in a flyer: Do you have books lying around the house no longer being used? or Do you have books laying around the house no longer being used? Which sentence is correct?
Thank you in advance.
2006-07-04 09:21:57 · 14 answers · asked by Donovon 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Lying is what something is doing. Laying is what someone is doing to something. One would say, "where's my pencil?" The answer, "It's lying on the floor." A construction worker may be currently "laying some brick." I hope this makes sense.This why you say, "I am going to lie down," not "lay down." You could say, "I am going to go lay myself down," but that's a lot of words to say a simple thing.
I checked the links below to make sure and I missed the reference. What I am saying is there, if you read it carefully. I am sorry all those people are telling you the wrong thing. Laying is something you do to something else or where it use to be. Like, "my pencil used to be laying on the floor." If that makes any sense.
2006-07-04 09:27:59 · answer #1 · answered by spudric13 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Do you have books lying around the house no longer being used?" is correct. You would lay something to (bricks etc.) form a structure. (Could be chicks too)
2006-07-04 09:30:27 · answer #2 · answered by arvind_vyas 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would be laying around the house.
2006-07-04 09:27:49 · answer #3 · answered by silver 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would be telling you lies if I said lying is correct, so I will lay my cards on the table and tell you it is laying. (A quick reference check above 'answers' would have put your mind at rest and saved you 5 points)...........
2006-07-04 09:26:49 · answer #4 · answered by thomasrobinsonantonio 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Laying.
The second sentence is correct.
Lying means 'not telling the truth"
So it is definitely laying.
2006-07-04 09:24:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Base Form: lie (recline)
Present Participle: lying
Past Tense Form: lay
Past Participle: lain
Base Form: lie (tell an untruth)
Present Participle: lying
Past Tense Form: lied
Past Participle: lied
Base Form: lay
Present Participle: laying
Past Tense: laid
Past Participle: laid
2006-07-04 09:34:06 · answer #6 · answered by DMACC 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lay is present tense transitive, the past tense is laid. Lie is present tense intransitive, with a past tense of lay. Your construction requires the intransitive form, and if you mean the nest is there now you should say "lies"; if you mean it was there [when you saw it] you should say "lay".
2016-03-27 03:51:23 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say the first one. Lying
2006-07-04 09:25:51 · answer #8 · answered by Stacy R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
laying
2006-07-04 09:26:51 · answer #9 · answered by annisenior 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
laying
2006-07-04 09:23:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋