{"id":18242,"date":"2022-03-25T11:04:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-it-lay-on-top-or-lie-on-top\/"},"modified":"2022-03-25T11:04:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:04:36","slug":"is-it-lay-on-top-or-lie-on-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-it-lay-on-top-or-lie-on-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it lay on top or lie on top?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-it-lay-on-top-or-lie-on-top\/#Is_it_lay_on_top_or_lie_on_top\" title=\"Is it lay on top or lie on top?\">Is it lay on top or lie on top?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-it-lay-on-top-or-lie-on-top\/#Is_it_lay_or_lie_in_bed\" title=\"Is it lay or lie in bed?\">Is it lay or lie in bed?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-it-lay-on-top-or-lie-on-top\/#Do_you_lay_or_lie_down\" title=\"Do you lay or lie down?\">Do you lay or lie down?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-it-lay-on-top-or-lie-on-top\/#What_does_laying_on_mean\" title=\"What does laying on mean?\">What does laying on mean?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-it-lay-on-top-or-lie-on-top\/#Is_it_lay_on_or_lie_on\" title=\"Is it lay on or lie on?\">Is it lay on or lie on?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-it-lay-on-top-or-lie-on-top\/#Is_it_lie_down_or_lay_down_on_the_bed\" title=\"Is it lie down or lay down on the bed?\">Is it lie down or lay down on the bed?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-it-lay-on-top-or-lie-on-top\/#Is_it_lie_or_lye_in_bed\" title=\"Is it lie or lye in bed?\">Is it lie or lye in bed?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-it-lay-on-top-or-lie-on-top\/#Is_it_lie_or_lay_on_the_beach\" title=\"Is it lie or lay on the beach?\">Is it lie or lay on the beach?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_it_lay_on_top_or_lie_on_top\"><\/span>Is it lay on top or lie on top?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Lay means to place something down flat, while lie means to be in a flat position on a surface. The key difference is that <b>lay is transitive and requires an object to act upon, and lie is intransitive, describing something moving on its own or already in position<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_it_lay_or_lie_in_bed\"><\/span>Is it lay or lie in bed?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Lay is a verb that commonly means to put or set (something) down. Lie is a verb that commonly means to be in or to assume a horizontal position (or to make an untrue statement, but we&#8217;ll focus on the first definition). In other words, <b>lay takes a direct object, and lie does not<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_you_lay_or_lie_down\"><\/span>Do you lay or lie down?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>You lie down, but you lay something down. Lie does not require a direct object. Lay requires a direct object. The same rule applies to laying and lying (not lieingbeware of spelling).<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_laying_on_mean\"><\/span>What does laying on mean?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>transitive verb. 1a : <b>to apply by or as if by spreading on a surface laying it on thick. b : provide, arrange food laid on in abundance. c : hand out laid on awards.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_it_lay_on_or_lie_on\"><\/span>Is it lay on or lie on?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Lay is a verb that commonly means to put or set (something) down. Lie is a verb that commonly means to be in or to assume a horizontal position (or to make an untrue statement, but we&#8217;ll focus on the first definition). In other words, <b>lay takes a direct object, and lie does not<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_it_lie_down_or_lay_down_on_the_bed\"><\/span>Is it lie down or lay down on the bed?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You lie down, but you lay something down. <b>Lie does not require a direct object.<\/b><b>Lay requires a direct object. The same rule applies to laying and lying (not lieingbeware of spelling).<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_it_lie_or_lye_in_bed\"><\/span>Is it lie or lye in bed?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Lie down or lye down? When talking about reclining or taking a nap, the correct spelling is lie down, not lye down.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_it_lie_or_lay_on_the_beach\"><\/span>Is it lie or lay on the beach?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The -ing form is lying and the past simple is lay. The -ed form, lain, is very formal and is rarely used: I love to <b>lie on a beach and read.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents Is it lay on top or lie on top?Is it lay or lie in bed?Do you lay or lie down?What does laying on mean?Is it lay on or lie on?Is it lie down or lay down on the bed?Is it lie or lye in bed?Is it lie or lay on the beach?&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18242"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}