Y HALO THAR WORLD
LIE, verb intransitive, to be or become horizontal. Past LAY, passive participle LAIN, active participle LYING
LAY, verb transitive, to place in a horizontal position. Also what birds do with eggs. Past tense LAID, passive participle LAID, active LAYING.
I am so used to bands singing to people to 'lay down beside them' (being in need of an egg, one presumes) that I was startled to hear Snow Patrol actually get it right. Yay for NI linguistic conservatism.
LAY, verb transitive, to place in a horizontal position. Also what birds do with eggs. Past tense LAID, passive participle LAID, active LAYING.
I am so used to bands singing to people to 'lay down beside them' (being in need of an egg, one presumes) that I was startled to hear Snow Patrol actually get it right. Yay for NI linguistic conservatism.