What lies ahead or what lays ahead

What lies ahead in a sentence?

to be in the future: We don’t know what lies ahead. You graduate today, and an exciting future lies ahead of you.

What Lies Ahead What does it mean?

if something lies ahead, especially something difficult or unpleasant, it is going to happen in the future and you will have to deal with it. We need to be ready for whatever problems lie ahead. Synonyms and related words.

What’s the difference between lie and lay?

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’ll focus on the first definition). In other words, lay takes a direct object, and lie does not.

What lay ahead synonym?

Synonyms: To be certain or likely to happen. await. threaten. call for.

Where your future lies or lays?

So you would have to say things that will happen in the future lie ahead of you because the verbal meaning of lie is ‘to rest or recline’. You can’t use ‘lay’ here because ‘lay’ is the past tense of the verb ‘lie’. If ‘lay’ is used in the present tense, it means ‘to put a thing, or a person other than yourself, down’.

Does a dog lie or lay?

When someone — human or otherwise — reclines, he/she/it is lying. The verb “laid” always requires a direct object, because it’s the act of putting something somewhere. The confusion arises because “lay” is the past tense of “lie.” So people and dogs are forever laying down.

Where the answers lie or lay?

“To lie” is intransitive, meaning someone or something lies—down, for instance. When problems place themselves (intransitively) somewhere, they “lie,” not “lay.” On the other hand, if someone were taking those problems and placing them somewhere (transitively), then that person would be “laying” the problems somewhere.

Is it laying in bed or lying?

Is it “laying in bed” or “lying in bed?” Lying in bed is correct. Both “laying” and “lying” are the present participles of the verbs “lay” and “lie.” “Lay” is a transitive verb that refers to putting something in a horizontal position, while“lie” is an intransitive verb that refers to being in a flat position.

Does a book lay open or lie open?

Lie as verb:

When a thing rest flat on a surface it lies that way. The book lay open on the podium. Telling a falsehood or something against the facts willingly is also called lying.

Is it lay in the sun or lie in the sun?

4) We have lain in the sun for thirty minutes. Unlike “lie,” “lay” is a transitive verb, so it always takes an object. Remember that “lie” never takes an object because it is intransitive. The forms of “lay” are lay, laying, laid, laid.
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Does an animal lie or lay down?

Also, don’t tell your dog, “Lay down,” or you risk teaching your pet bad grammar! The correct command is “Lie down.”

Does a book lay or lie on a table?

So you lie down on the sofa (no direct object), but you lay the book down on the table (the book is the direct object). This is in the present tense, where you are talking about doing something now: you lie down on the sofa, and you lay down a book.

Do you lay or lie on a pillow?

The most common mistake is to use “lie” instead of “lay.” If you remember that “lie” cannot take a direct object, then you will eliminate this error. To lay your head on the pillow. To lie your head on the pillow. (In these examples, “your head” is the direct object.

Can you lie book down on the table?

Lay vs. lie is one of the hardest things to remember. It’s “lie” when it’s the subject, “lay” when it’s the object. Since “the book” is the object, and it’s past tense, then “He laid the book on the table” is the correct sentence.

Is Lay Lady Lay grammatically correct?

However, as far as we can tell, “Lay Lady Lay” is written in the present tense, and so is Eric Clapton’s “Lay Down Sally,” which commits the same crime. The grammatically correct phrase would be “Lie down, Sally,” unless Clapton (or a third party) was holding Sally and physically placing her down.

Is lay the past tense of lie?

The past tense of to lie is lay, and the past participle is lain. To lie is an intransitive verb and does not have a direct object.

Had laid or had lain?

Yes, “lay” is also the past tense of “lie.” And the confusion doesn’t end there. To throw you for another loop, “laid” is also the past participle form of “lay.” So, when helping verbs are involved, “lay” becomes “laid” and “lie” becomes “lain.” Grandma had laid the chicken in the oven earlier this morning.

Has lain or has laid?

She lays the book down. I laid the book down. She laid the book down.
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LIE	first person	third person
present	I lie in bed.	She lies in bed.
past	I lay in bed.	She lay in bed.
perfect form	I have lain in bed.	She has lain in bed.
participle form	I am lying in bed.	She is lying in bed.

How do you spell layed?

Although “layed” is an extremely popular variant spelling of the past tense of transitive “lay,” “laid” is the traditional spelling in all contexts. If your boss decides to lay you off, you are laid off.

Is it rose or raised?

The difference between raised and rose stems from the difference between their infinitive verbs, to raise and to rise. Raised is the past tense and the past participle of raise, which means to lift or elevate. Rose is the past tense of rise, which means to ascend from a lower position to a higher position.

What are the three forms of lying?

The three most commonly referred to are lies of commission, lies of omission, and lies of influence, aka character lies.

What word type is lie?

telling or containing lies; deliberately untruthful; deceitful; false: a lying report.