Because I want to say something is -the past tence of "lay" with the ing ending- on the floor. But Microsoft Word Spell check is confusing me...
2006-11-13 09:04:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Lie means to "recline or rest on a surface." Lay means "to put or place something." Lie is an intransitive verb and cannot take a direct object: "The tax forms lie on the table." The verb lay is transitive and takes a direct object: "Please lay the tax forms on the table. When using the present participle form of the verb (was/were + the verb), "lying" is the usage you are looking for:
My grandmother's letters were lying on the table.
2006-11-13 09:12:44 · answer #1 · answered by wickedwit 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Lying On The Floor
2016-09-29 12:52:51 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something is laying on the floor.
Someone is lying on the floor.
Nothing is ever lieing, as it is not a word.
2006-11-13 09:12:53 · answer #3 · answered by li.mony 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I would be lieing if I said I was lieing on the floor, when all I was really doing was laying on the floor. But IF I was lieing while I was laying on the floor, well..........I guessed I'd be standing??? Unless I was getting laid on the floor, but I probably being lieing about getting laid on the floor I was laying on, anyway, so I think I'll just stand up.
2006-11-13 09:11:39 · answer #4 · answered by MrZ 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
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If somthing is "laying" on the floor. Or would it be "lieing" on the floor?
Because I want to say something is -the past tence of "lay" with the ing ending- on the floor. But Microsoft Word Spell check is confusing me...
2015-08-24 04:25:21 · answer #5 · answered by Tulley 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lying = Something is lying on the floor.
Laying = The hens are laying eggs. The men are laying bricks.
If you forget, compare to sit and set.
Sitting = The dishes are sitting on the table.
Setting = She is setting the dishes on the table.
Lie/Sit is what the object does.
Lay/Set is what someone does to the object.
2006-11-13 09:21:03 · answer #6 · answered by emilynghiem 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
All these are correct:
I want to lay the object on the floor. I have lain the object on the floor. The object is lying on the floor. I laid the object on the floor.
2006-11-13 09:16:19 · answer #7 · answered by The One True Chris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you put it there (lay it down) or did it put itself there (lie)?
I lie on the floor, I lay the floor tile.
The dog is lying on the floor.
Mary is laying new carpet.
Clinton is lieing about Lewinsky again.
2006-11-13 09:16:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The word you are looking for would be, something is lying on the floor.
2006-11-13 11:41:03 · answer #9 · answered by dimple555 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it would by lying on the floor...not sure though
2006-11-13 09:11:09 · answer #10 · answered by DeeRep 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋