The correct spelling is "laid".
The correct term is "laid off."
The correct spelling is "laid off". This term is used when an employee is dismissed or let go from their job by their employer.
The manager laid the papers on his table is the correct past tense. (to lay)The word "lay" is the past tense of the intransitive verb (to lie, to lie down), e.g. The manager lay on the table (not the papers).
She laid the book on the table before leaving the room.
Neither. If it's past tense, you would use "lay" (being the past tense of "lie" - intransitive verb).Present tense: The book lies on the table.Past tense: The book lay...Past participle: The book has lain...Technically, one should not use "laid" (past tense of "lay" - transitive verb) for the said phrase unless someone or something placed the book on the table. "The book which you laid on the table" would be correct.(This is true unless you subscribe to the folk belief that lie is for people and lay is for things.)
"Lay down" is the correct phrase to use in this context, as it refers to the act of reclining or resting in a horizontal position. For past tense, you would use "laid down," as in "I laid down in bed."
The correct term is "laid off."
laid off
There is a difference between laid off or layed off. In relation to being dismissed from work, the correct phrase to use is laid off. Layed off actually has no grammatical meaning.
That is the correct spelling of "laid" (an egg, or a new floor).
Lain because "i have laid in a hammock" is like saying "She has laid out in the sun"
The correct spelling is "laid off". This term is used when an employee is dismissed or let go from their job by their employer.
Yes. `The chicken laid five eggs.` is a correct sentence.
The manager laid the papers on his table is the correct past tense. (to lay)The word "lay" is the past tense of the intransitive verb (to lie, to lie down), e.g. The manager lay on the table (not the papers).
The correct phrasing is "Did you lay down for a nap?" as "lay" is the past tense form of the verb.
I lie the book on the table. NOW I laid the book down when I finished with it. PAST Lie down now! When did you lie down yesterday? (The rule: Chickens lay eggs. Everything else lies. Laid is correct only when applied to past tense)
She laid the book on the table before leaving the room.