http://thewritersbag.com/writing-rules/lie-or-lay-2 Writing tips for the real world. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:35:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://thewritersbag.com/writing-rules/lie-or-lay-2/comment-page-1#comment-18 Steve Osborne Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:47:18 +0000 http://thewritersbag.com/writing-rules/lie-or-lay-2#comment-18 Thanks for the comment, Michelle. The "trick" you mentioned has merit. However, remember that people are not the only entities that can lie (my emotions lie to me). Thanks for the comment, Michelle. The “trick” you mentioned has merit. However, remember that people are not the only entities that can lie (my emotions lie to me).

]]> http://thewritersbag.com/writing-rules/lie-or-lay-2/comment-page-1#comment-15 michelle Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:02:18 +0000 http://thewritersbag.com/writing-rules/lie-or-lay-2#comment-15 I overheard someone say that you use the word 'lie' when referring to 'people' because people 'lie' (as in not being truthful) but you would use the word 'lay' in referring to an object because objects are unable to 'lie' (be untruthful). Would this 'trick' in remembering on how to use lie/lay also be correct? I overheard someone say that you use the word ‘lie’ when referring to ‘people’ because people ‘lie’ (as in not being truthful) but you would use the word ‘lay’ in referring to an object because objects are unable to ‘lie’ (be untruthful). Would this ‘trick’ in remembering on how to use lie/lay also be correct?

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