Quick lay/lie help ...

He lay/laid there looking up at the sky ....... which is it?

I think it's lay but it just reads so weird. Stupid grammar.

 

it's lay. It's only "laid" when referring to placing something.

 

Thanks.

 

Or when talking about the diverse plotlines on network TV today.

 

I thought this thread was going to be about BYH.

 

Neither.

It's lie and lied.

Chickens LAY eggs. And the chicken LAID an egg.

You LIE on the ground. And you LIED there for a while.

lie
1. to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline.

So, to answer your question: He LIE/LIED there looking up at the sky

 

Um, what in the hell are you talking about?

 

Exactly what the guy asked. He asked if it's lay/laid there looking at the sky.

The answer is neither.

It's LIE or LIED there looking at the sky.

 

except you're wrong.
the conjugation of lie is as follows: lie-lay-lain
the conjugation of lay is: lay-laid-laid.

since lay means to put or to place, and lie means to recline along a horizontal plane, the sentence should read "he lay there looking at the sky," assuming, of course, it was written in the past tense.

 

What he or she said.