Lie Vs Lay

13 Mar 2019

lie (present,)  lay (past) and lain (past participle).
lay (present), laid (past) and laid (past participle).
     • Lie means that the actor (subject) is doing something to himself or herself. He is lying on the table.
     • Lay, on the other hand, means that the subject is acting on something or someone else; (As I walk past, I lay the tools on the workbench.)

Therefore, LAY requires a complement to make sense. Thus lay always takes a direct object. Lie never does.