I'm confused about lay and lie. Please look at these examples:
"Don't lie in the sun for too long."
"The dog was lying dead on the floor."
"She lay back against the pillows."
"I told her a lie about what I was doing."
What are differences between these sentences?
Best Answer
You lie yourself and you lay something - the very basic thing.
For instance,
This is about the present tense.
I could not find anything better than simply putting GrammarGirl's excellent examples here, in-situ.
The past tense of lie is lay, so...
The past tense of lay is laid, so
The past participle of lie is lain (this is wonderful), so
The past participle of lay is laid, so