Learn English – lay theself down vs lie down

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I've seen a lot "I may just go lay myself down on the bed" in movie.
I think they are same. Are they right?
"I'd like to lay myself down on the bed."
VS
"I'd like to lie down on the bed."

"Laying myself down on the bed is great feeling."
VS
"Lying down on the bed is great feeling."

Best Answer

AmE speech typically mixes up lay and lie.

"I may just go lie down on the bed"; the action of a person is: lie down

"I will lay your clothes on the bed when they dry.": what you do to a thing

In colloquial American speech, lay down is used for lie down. It is marked as dialectal and probably uneducated speech. (Uneducated speech does not mean I am judging it here. I am not.)

Lying down on a bed can make you feel better if you are not feeling well.

Laying your clothes out on the bed on a chair is a useful way make your mornings easier.

Please note the verb forms:

I lie, I lay [yesterday], I have lain [gerund: lying]

I lay, I laid [yesterday], I have laid [gerund: laying]

There are many sites on the Internet with exercises for these verbs, which many people do mix up, even native speakers.

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