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Hi Madhu! Lying in bed or on the bed is correct. The verb is 'to lie' (meaning put yourself in a horizontal or resting position) and its gerund form is lying. The other verb you're thinking of is 'to lay' (meaning put sy/sg down gently or carefully) and its gerund form is laying. I hope this helps! :) Bernie B. The answer is: Helpful (17)
13. According to Google NGrams, "lying in bed" is much more common. "To lay" is a transitive verb. It can be reflexive - "I lay myself", "I am laying myself", "I was laying myself" - but it requires an object noun. "To lie" by contrast is intransitive. It is an indicator of state, not action.
Then the whole army advanced against the three who were laying in wait for it calmly. (Albanian Folktales and Legends by Robert Elsie) Many times in the past we had faced attacks from our enemies, but lying in wait of the mightiest army of the world had ever known was a different matter. (The Siege by Ismaïl Kadaré translated by David Bellos)
Or the students were lying around in the grass meaning the be horizontal Find out your English level. Take this 5-min test to see how close you are to achieving your language learning goals.
You could use lying. However your might prefer recumbent or prone. The first is defined by Merriam-Webster Online as. Recumbent adj. lying down. While the second (again from Merriam-Webster Online) Prone adj. lying with the front of your body facing downward
4. 'Lying supine' is just another example of the type of redundant description that is so common in English, like 'hollow tube', 'period of time', 'free gift', 'frozen ice' etc. If you're interested in reading more examples, you'll find an extensive list of them here. Share. Improve this answer. answered Jan 27, 2015 at 3:54.
The cat is lying on the mat. Lie down and take a nap. He lay down and died. Sit, sat, sat is an irregular intransitive inchoative verb meaning 'to assume a sitting (bent) position' The cat is sitting on the mat. Sit down and have some tea. He sat down and ate. Rise, rose, risen is an irregular intransitive inchoative verb
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There is the battle sequence, and immediately after the beginning of the description of the aftermath. "The animal is lying dead" just sounds wrong somehow, but it is in the present. 2. I'm not sure because it's a corpse. A corpse can't lie down. It has been struck down and now it lies/lays/is laying dead, but is laying/is lying just sounds ...
Remember that even though many people do use lay for lie, others will judge you unfavorably if you do. In short, yes, you can lay on your stomach, and folks have been doing so since the 14th century. Educated native speakers of English use the verb lay in this way all the time, and, as such, it is perfectly grammatical.