Grammar Mistakes – LIE or LAY?

Dear Emma, thank you very much for your new lesson.
Watching this video, I’ve remembered the song “Lay back in the arms of someone” of Smokie .
What does “Lay back” exactly mean in this phrase ?
Is there any hidden sense in this phrase ?
Thank you for your attention.

Probably the most commonly confused words in English, and all because of, as you explained Emma, the word “LAY”. That word has both past and present form. Also, we often confuse them because of the word “LIE”-not telling the truth. When all these words flow fluently by native English speaker, man you must be an expert to understand it. Very nice lesson, and even better explanation. Regards!

holycows, lie n’ lay are two words difficult to understand but sooner or later I’m going to get it. I appreciate ur effort cute Emma.

I didn’t get laid on my life

Good lesson
I want to thank you for the explanation. May God bless you all!

Wow, 9 out of 10…

Hi Emma,
Thank you for useful lesson and clear explanation.

Can I say to my kid – Put the book on the table or Lay the book on the table ? Which is correct?

Good lesson Emma.the most important is to memorize the irregular verb.thanks.

Thanks Emma for this lesson, I am sure it helps me improve my voabulary, and my grammar skills as well.

Thanks for the explanation!

thank you so matuch emma for this lesson.over to you.

very very interesting…

It helps me a lot to distinguish lie and lay. I think I need more practice to remember it properly.

It’s an interesting lesson, thank you, Ms.Emma, have a nice day !!!

it is fantastic for me, I have taken 9 of 10.
I just didin’t know that word is baby crib. thanks for you quiz. wish your website, please lay more quiz on the website!

Hi Emma
A very good explanation
Really you’re a superstar teacher
I like you
Kisses

Hi Ms. Emma,
In the video, You said ,” get laid” means sex.
So, How do I use this phrase?
Can I say “I want to get laid” instead of ” I want to make love”?
Can I say ” Last night I got laid ” rather than ” Last night I made love “? THANKS.

Awesome lesson thanks Emma so much but where is Ronnie hope she’s ok!!!

i like very much.explaining is toooo good thanks.

Hi Respected Emma!
The lecture delivered by you regarding the difference between Lie and Lay is an excellent work. I wish you to deliver the lectures on the correct use of verbs and pronouns as well

Shafiq
Lecturer

Hi teachers i am Narjice from Morocco,thank you a lot for this website and for all lessons, i write this letter because i have a confusing between start and begin what is the diffrece please?

nice lesson.thank you Emma. i will lay this lesson inn my brain .

hav a nice night.

Thank you so much Emma :)

I like your dress it’s very cool,Excellent lesson.

that’s very cool

Thanks a lot !!!

Excellance Miss Emma Iam intersted with ur teaching <good jop.

Thank you so much

Hello Emma :)
Could you explain the difference between PAIR and COUPLE?

hi

how is today

hiEmma,
last sentence in the video,we use laid in the past as adverbs ?

i thank u so much it was intresting video lessons best regards

Hello Emma!
This was a great lesson, I hadnt’t even realised of this two confuse verbs, but now I get the point when I should use one and the other! I must confess when I see the verb “Lay” I wondered myself if it was something about “get laid” has you explained! Now we must be carefull and watch out if the verb Get is not behind the Laid. Hehehe.

Kisses and keep with

i dont know why, but i think i like you most because i like your sense of humour in the way you teach us:d
hope you will make more common english mistakes to share

lol i missed the word “videos” i meant “mistakes videos” :d
i’m really afraid that i cannot use the words in the correct places so..wait for your next videos

it’s great work,thank you emma,but could you tell us how to add ‘ing’ to these words?
For example;I’m not sure if these two sentences are true…
1-The cat is liing on the bed.
2-He is laying the ball on my head.

I´d be interested in a class on SYLLABICATION if it where possible.-Many thanks in advance,for all you (ALL) are doing for US poor,guys!!!

Hello Inspector Emma,
You obviously explained the differences between Lay & Lie . Therefore, I appreciated your
Valuable time that you spent with after your lesson I laid my mistakes down forever .
Many thanks for you ,
Ameen.

Hello Emma,

You are such a great teacher.I would like to tell me if you teach in european shool and how can I keep in touch with you(maybe an e-mail or sth else)
thank you very much

Thanks Emma .You’re a great teacher and teaching ,thanks again for your time and efforts .God bless you.take care

hi how are you to day

emma how you to day

hello miss karen,i wanna have your skype id so we will talk there.

thank you Emma

thank you indeed Emma.these are useful courses and really Shaken off the dust about misunderstanding these words. Best regards

Hi Emma please tell me which one is right”i laid the boxes down = spread them” without adding the object or “i laid them on ground”in other hand can i use for this example lie instead of lay. thanks.

Thanks Emma

EMMA
Please can you mention me the first form, second third form of the lay.

sorry

8 out of 10, I think I need more to study hard :)

sir/ma’am which one of my comment is incorrect grammar?

So if I say ”I got laid yesterday”, does it mean I was put dowm… somewhere?

Hello i am just wondering about that when we want to say that ” She lies ” what is meaning of this sentence she is sitting ? or she says something wrong ?i couldn’t understand about only when we say in Present tense i lie ? i am resting or i am saying lies ? what i will do know i cant get about them : (

Excellent lesson!!!!

It’s possible skip the word LAY and use it always PUT or something similar, for example, so I wonder?

Emma, thank you so much. I’ve never understood this until now. You are great teacher. And thx again :) Have a nice day.

Hi!Emma this is the first time I watch a video of yours and also this is the first time I write a comment about it, I understood everything the difference between lie and lay.
Thanks a lot for your explanation.

OPEN O SESAME !!!

A really required lesson… I enjoyed and i got the difference between them…

In 2015 my country is going to be one of Asean Community. So I would like to pratice English and this site is really good for me to learn it. I think you can help me exactly.
Thanks a lot

hell yaeh ! hehe ! that’s so great Emma ! i love ur lesson ! 10 out of 10 ! but in english has many slang ! that makes me confuse a lot ! i hope that u ‘ll tell more about it ! Anyway , Thannk Emma

This lesson is so amazing I have not listen this word befor I only know Lie.
Eventhogh I have a quastion is this slang word?

It’s a good lesson

Hello Emma, I’d like to know why you use the present perfect for the sentence “I’ve lain in a hammock before” Thank you

hi emma i appreciate the way you teach i like it but i want to know how come lain was use as present perfect in the quiz is it not that lain is a past tense not a present tense thank you.

Very good lesson,thanks.

thank you Emma it’s very useful lesson i starting to learn English for a few days but to fellow your lessons it’s possible to become more good .

great lesson. thanks

Thank you very much,Emma.you explain everything very well.

hi emma how are you, i’ve question for you please.
for example this question
I have never ________lain______ in a waterbed (use the present perfect).
is correct but i can’t understand one thing so
my question is.
when i should to use present perfect of the verb lie or lay ?

Hi Emma! I have a doubt, I ve been studying my English lesson and there is a woman who say: “Remember the time you were laid up in bed for a week because of the back spasms.” In this case what means laid?
Tks for the great class!!!

Great explanation of these verbs, thanks a lot Emma :-)

so can i say ( I did LIE ) AND not saying i lay ( lie past ) ?

i still have a doubt between lay(put down) and lay(past tense of lie) is there any other way of finding it out other than looking at verb and object?

Hi Emma, thank you very much, you did us a great lesson. I enjoy myself about your classes; of cours. “God holps those who help themselves”. Thanks for your help Emma…
God bless you !

Waooooooo Emma,

Only inform you about the quiz lesson.
I got 10 correct out of 10. Good Nooooon ?
Thanks.

Wow! I got 100%!!
Thank you Emma!

Hi there.
Review the question 4. I think the correct answer is laid and not lay.
thank you

thank u emma you’r agreat teacher i love u soo much

Very good explanation.really appreciate time and effort.I got the difference now.Many thanks

thank you Emma. It is helpful and I own it to you.

maybe in the next lesson, i’ll avoid learning when being asleep. Emma, you direct appropriately so i can get your main ideas. thanks

Dear Emma,

Thank you for your fascinating lessons. i keep watching them. Could you explain the difference between to convince and to persuade.

Irene

thanks for this class. it helped me a lot.

I am really glad and thankful to you for making me understand the best method to learn English. I have been following your methods and it is working well

great 10 out 10 thanks emma

hello Teacher,

GOOD EVENING.

You have very rightly said that this (Lie & Lay) is a confusing lesson. Thanks. I have managed to get 70/100. Will definitely try to do better in other classes.

i have answered 10/10.It is still bit confusing.Your all lessons are great techer.Thanks you very much for your nice lesson.

I get D!Thanks for your lesson.

Very, very nice lesson! Tks

thanks! the lesson was perfect. Could be possible some same lesson with remember and remind? I confused their good use.

hi Emma, thanks for your lesson but could you let me know how to distinguish “lie” between telling untrue and taking a rest if someone just say “He sometimes lies all day” ?

veryinteristing lesson thenk you very much

hi emma

hi! Emma thanks for discussing these two little words yet so complicated when we use them in our communication whether written written or oral communication. By the just want to add something…I guess the difference between these two words is LAY is a transitive verb and the word LIE can function as intransitive and a noun. Transitive verb needs an object to complete the sentence while intransitive does not…hope my simply explanation provides clarification too. By the way…could you please tell us about the difference bet. prepositions in and on?because as what I’ve learned in is being used to identify broader or wider ideas,like if you are referring to city, country, month, year or season. This could also identify object found in the middle of…while the preposition on is being used to identify one day or date and also is used to identify object on top of something…I was just confused on the given examples like. I lay IN my bed and I need to lie IN a bed; also I’ve lain IN a hammock before.Please clarify or correct my statements if you find it erroneous. Thank you again!

hi! Emma thanks for discussing these two little words yet so complicated when we use them in our communication whether written or oral communication. By the way…just wanted to add something…I guess the difference between these two words is LAY is a transitive verb and the word LIE can function as intransitive and a noun. Transitive verb needs an object to complete the sentence while intransitive does not…hope my simple explanation provides clarification too. By the way…could you please tell us about the difference bet. prepositions in and on?because as what I’ve learned IN is being used to identify broader or wider ideas,like if you are referring to city, country, month, year or season. This could also identify object found in the middle of…while the preposition on is being used to identify one day or date and also is used to identify object on top of something…I was just confused on the given examples like. I lay IN my bed and I need to lie IN a bed; also I’ve lain IN a hammock before.Please clarify or correct my statements if you find it erroneous. Thank you again!

what means dizzy?

Hello, Emma.
I think it´s other example of lyric whith grammar mistakes, but this time from Iron Maiden, British. This is the song called Another Life. I confess thoug I have not understood it yet. Lay + Lying. Would you help with it? Thank you since then.
“As I lay here lying on my bed”

Excellent explained lesson on such dificult issue, thank you very much Emma

There is a lamb of god’s song called ‘laid to rest’. Is it correct or it had to be ‘lain to rest’?
Great lesson Emma. Thank you very much

I’ve got one hundred percent on this test. Woohoo..

I didnt understand !!!!
what shall h do ???

You are excellent !!
Thanks

you are very nice teacher Emma I have got 90%

I have got 6 out of 10

I am still get confused

Hi Emma!
In your lesson you explained the word “lay” means to put something down. Can I conclude we can not use “lay” to put something up.
Exmaple: Lay the books in the upper rack. (Is it correct?). By the way you explained the lesson beautifully, thanks a lot.

Dear Emma,
You are real lovely to give all those concepts in your online class coz people dont even bother considering these concepts even while talking.
you are too good.
Thanks a bunch.
Emma plz give one more lesson regarding the method of writing an essay.As my child is preparing for her O’level exams
that shall be very kind of you.

Hugs.

tanks alot Emma

I got all the questions of the quiz correct because of good tutoring. Thanks a lot Emma

I can we thank you guys for all this effort!

thank you very much!

Congratulations. It’s very interesting!

It´s time to go to bed and lay my head on my pillow, but your class is so interesting that I decided to lie in my bed and keep on studying.
Thank you so much.

very interesting lesson .thanks very much emma !!!!

Thanks for the lesson

Hello Emma
Allow me to say that : You are an outstanding teacher . About Lay & lie , I think that when we mix them up , it could facilitate the understanding : e.g

Yesterday When I had lain in my bed , I laid my hand on my eyes to get asleep

Emma, I love you lessons but was the last example a mistake. You used “LAID” in the sentences.

Emma, please disregard my previous comment. I replayed the lesson and have a clear understanding of the use of word “laid”. Thanks.

hey Emma,I wanna get laid with you.You’re very attractive :D

Nice lesson, i hope you keep giving them. So Emma, i’d like to know if there is a easy way to get better understand about prepositions, if you could give a lesson about it. It seems a lesson for beginners but i’ve seen a bunch of advanced students making mistakes. Emma, why you and you guys on engvid don’t give skype classes ?.

Dear Emma, I really don’t know how to thank you for this very important lesson. It was amazing. Keep doing the best.

Hi miss Emma, thank you so much for this new interesting lesson. Peace and God bless