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The verb to lay always takes a direct object: Lay your cards on the table. The verb to lie never takes a direct object: Lie down on the bed.Many English speakers are confused by the fact that the past tense of lie looks like the present tense of lay, and so they will incorrectly say Lay down, or as I was laying there, instead of the correct Lie down and as I was lying there.Perhaps at least part of the confusion may be laid to the familiar verse "Now I lay me down to sleep," in which layhas the old fashioned reflexive object "me." Nowadays we might say "Now I lay myself down to sleep, " but careful speakers would never say "Now I lay down to sleep. "
the elements that lie in the group in which magnesium lies will repeat the properties of magnesium.
Lays chips is a mixture, not a compound.
they lay eggs
you ar telling lies you dont know anything about bloody mary lies lies lies
You should say "the problem lies." "Lays" is the present tense form of "lay," which is typically used when you are physically placing something down (e.g., "She lays the book on the table"). "Lies" is the present tense form of "lie," which is used to indicate where something is situated or located (e.g., "The solution lies within the data").
"Herein lies" is correct. "Lays" implies that it is the object that is lying. "Lies" implies that the subject is lying. ("Lying" being the gerund for "lie".)When you say "herein lies the mcguffin." You are saying that the mcguffin is lying, you are not saying that the mcguffin is laying something else. You lie (yourself) on the ground. You lay a book on the table. You lay your argument before me and thus, there it lies.Ans2:The hen is in her coop and herein lays eggs.The lawyer has entered the courtroom and herein lies.Herein lies an argument that both usages can be correct.
Responsibility lies (with Mary, for example). The word "lay" is used to indicate responsibility as well : "He wants to lay the blame on me."
NZ lays the furthest south.
The correct phrase is "lies in the fact," which means something is based on or can be attributed to a specific fact or situation. "Lays" is the present tense form of the verb "to lay," which typically requires an object and is not appropriate for this context.
the water that lays under the ground is called ground water.
The Latin American country that lays southwest border of Brazil is the country of Bolivia.
Try a mix. My heart lay in waiting for your love, and when your love was earnt, I loved. Now that you're gone, my heart lays bleeding for your love.
It depends. In the present tense it is lie ahead. In the past tense it is lay ahead. Because lay is the past tense of lie. Do not confuse this with the verb lay, which means to put something down. I may lay an ambush. But the ambush lies ahead. Now that I am past the ambush it does not bother me that it lay ahead.
The cricoid cartilage lies just below the thyroid cartilage.
George Wallace George Wallace said so during the Presidential race of 1968. Whoever said such a thing is ignorant and antisocial. The proper verb is "lies," not "lays" and threatening to drive over a person in the street is the sign of a psychopath.
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