Much simpler! Learn moreĮnrol in my online Business Writing course to learn more about word usage. And for lie: Yesterday, the child lay on the bed. When his wife called, he was laying the blanket on the child (past-progressive tense using the present participle laying). He has laid the blanket on the child (present-perfect tense using the past participle laid). Wait, what The past tense of lie is actually lay. This leads to confusion with the use of the word lie and its past tense, but at the end of the. As mentioned above, this is often confusing because the words to lie and to lay are often used interchangeably, and the past tense of lay is laid. Past tense Lie is: LayI was tired, so I lay down. The correct past tense of lie (as in reclining) in any context is simply lied. The outcome is dependent on the test results.Īmerican spelling uses dependent for both meanings. Thus, for lay: Yesterday, he laid the blanket on the child (past tense of lay). Past tense of Lay is: LaidShe laid the blanket on the floor earlier that morning. This support often has a financial component.ĭependent is an adjective and means relying on. In Australian and New Zealand spelling, dependant is a noun and means someone who depends on support from others. If your manager chooses to lay you off, you are laid off. Toward and towards can be used interchangeably, but Americans tend to use toward, and Australians, towards. Laid vs Layed: In spite of the fact that layed is a very famous variation spelling of the past tense of transitive lay, laid is the customary spelling in all specific situations. takes an object, ‘please lay the table’, and its past tense is laid: ‘she laid the table an hour ago’.Īlso, Americans say ‘the lay of the land’ whereas Australians say ‘the lie of the land’, though lay has always been permissible and is creeping in more and more. The verb lay in the present tense is transitive, i.e. (When lie means to tell an untruth, the past tense is lied.)
doesn’t take an object (you can’t lie something) and its past tense is lay: ‘we lay down an hour ago’. In British (and Australian and NZ) English, lie is an intransitive verb, i.e. The same rules apply to laying and lying (never lieingbeware of spelling). We use further to mean both ‘at a greater distance’ and ‘in addition, more, moreover’.įarther is used more in the US where many writers split the meanings, saying farther relates to distance and further to ‘in addition, more, moreover’. Updated on What’s the difference between lay and lie You lie down, but you lay something down. In Australian English, farther is not very common.
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