ok, i get it

[rone]

mskala and eejitalmuppet had brought up my misuse of "lied down", although in an insufficiently explanatory way, so i turned them away.  merde pointed out that "lay" is the past tense of "lie" (meaning to recline, not to dissemble).

Anyway, English sucks, and i suck.

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[tritone.livejournal.com]

I blame the nursery rhyme "Now I lay me down to sleep". It would be easier to remember that "lay" is the past tense of "lie" if "lay [object]" weren't a present tense transitive verb as well.