It is "lay in bed"

Posted By: nm on 2006-02-04
In Reply to: Saturday, she lied in bed most of the day. - laid, lied layed GOOD GRIEF help please nm

Subject: It is "lay in bed"

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Saturday, she lied in bed most of the day. - laid, lied layed GOOD GRIEF help please nm
- Lain according to the oxford dictionary - Kim
  - LOL, that sounds poetic. Good research! Thank you. - Winnie Ruth
- YIKES!!!!! - txmt
- Laid takes an object. sm - Winnie Ruth
  - Latest Edition of AAMT BOS - Sue
  - Give it up, Jen went with "laid". - cactus
  - You are absolutely correct. It is lay...past tense has nothing to do with it in this case! - nm
    - And yes it does! Get over it! - cactus
- According to my thesaurus it is Laid. nm - Jen
- if its past tense... it would be laid - aa
  - No...it's "lay"...type that sentence in Word and see what grammar check does to it. - nm
    - word's spellcheck/grammar is not always right... - aa
    - it is laid if it is past tense - sorry
- It is "lay in bed" - nm
- Laid - definitely not lied...sm - Leah Janzen
  - It's lay, not laid. nm - Winnie Ruth
- Saturday, she lay in bed most of the day. - nm
- She lay in bed most of the day. nm - Winnie Ruth
  - She lay in bed, present tense....sm - Another opinion

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