Thread: Lie or lay?
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Old Mar 06, 2017, 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by justafriend306 View Post
'myself' is the object in this sentence structure. You 'lay' an object down.
It would be lie unless you actually not just imply but say the word, then it is lay.

Like Now I lay me down to sleep.

This is not usually how we say it though.
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