Show U. U Use of Lie and LayThe Lay LayThe The verbs erbs lie He and lay Jay are often orten misused lie He Is intransitive and takes no object while lay Is transitive and requires an nn object Lay Is the causative form Corm meanIng mean mean- Ing cause canso to lie The past tense of or lie He Is lay and the past participle participle participle par par- Is lain loin the past tense of ot lay Is s laid and the past participle participle par par- laid Example The book lies lles on the table It la lay there yesterday yesterday yes yes- In fact It has Ins lain thero there several era days He la lays s 's the blame for this where he has bas alwa always s 's laid it ll t. t Tb They y laid down this yule rule |