The Lyin' Lion

[voitek]

[firstdefence]

I think the title should be the Laying Lion, unless yo know for a fact its been fibbing lol!

[voitek]

I'm pretty sure the lion is not laying any eggs here. It's a tricky word, but I'm actually pretty sure I used it correctly.

[Alfred]

38 minutes ago, voitek said:

I'm pretty sure the lion is not laying any eggs here.

LOL.

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It's a tricky word, but I'm actually pretty sure I used it correctly.

I’m pretty sure, too. Lay is transitive: it needs an object (as in ‘lay an egg’ or ‘lay a book on the table’) but lie is intransitive and can’t have an object (e.g. you can lie down, but you can’t lie a book down).

[markbowen]

Very nice work there. I think I saw this on Instagram and gave it a like. 

I do believe (we were taught it was correct anyway) that lying can mean to lie down although I know that a lot of spelling and grammar that we learnt a while back has changed nowadays so may now be considered archaic I guess. 

Best wishes,

Mark