How to use lying in a sentence. The word ‘lieing’ is not a word It is a common misspelling of the word ‘lying’ This is due to some people getting a bit confused as to how certain verbs work in english The word ‘lying’ is the present tense version of the verb ‘to lie’. The i becomes a y
Here is a mnemonic to help you tell laying and lying apart “if you tell an untruth, it is a lie, not a lay And if you are in the process of telling an untruth you are lying, not laying.” Lying adjective given to or marked by deliberate concealment or misrepresentation of the truth: / ˈlaɪ.ɪŋ / add to word list present participle of lie (definition of lying from the cambridge advanced learner's dictionary & thesaurus © cambridge university press)
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