Laying vs. Lying

[Pasban110]

Hi,
What are the differences between Laying vs. Lying? Can you pleas explain the differences with some examples? How can I use them appropriately in a sentence?

Many thanks.

-Salivan

[Wanderer]

I don't think this is confusing words. Lying is the present participle of lie and laying is of lay. For example, he's lying(not tell the truth), he's lying in his bed, they're laying the table, the chickens have just laid their eggs. Sometimes you should also take care about whether it's transitive or intransitive verb. In this situation, lay, to some extent, is a transitive verb and lie is vice versa.
_________________
Let my English be checked!

[The Nerd]

Here's the difference:
To lie means to rest, recline, be situated.
You lie on a bed, rest there, Recline on it.
To lay means to put, place, set.
You lay a book on a table, put or set it there;
You lay your head on a pillow, place it on the pillow.
Whatever you can put down you can also lay down. You can lay something down, but you can't lay down, rest, recline. You can lie down, but you can’t lie something down. That's simple, right?
Now, here's where it gets a bit tricky.
The past tense of lie is lay: “Last night I lay in bed.” It is wrong to say that you laid in bed, because laid is the past tense of the verb to lay, which means to put, place. You wouldn't say “Last night I put in bed,” would you?
(If you laid in bed last night, you are a chicken.)
Here's how the tenses break down for the verb to lay (put, place):
You lay a book down today; you laid it down yesterday; and you have laid it down anytime in the past.
Here's how the tenses break down for the verb to lie (rest, recline):
When you're tired you lie down; when you were tired yesterday you lay down; and when you have been tired in the past you have lain down. (Lain is always preceded by have or had.)

[Pasban110]

Thank you the Nerd for your reply. I think I got the idea.

-Salivan

[Wanderer]

Also lie lied lied for not telling the truth meaning.
_________________
Let my English be checked!

[Pasban110]

Thank you Wanderer.