| Lay/lie and sit/set problems 1. The detectives found her body laying / lying in a culvert off Interstate 70 near the West Newton exit. 2. She had just decided to lay / lie out in the sun for a few hours when the storm began. 3. Sit / set those files on the chair in the corner, and the secretary will put them away properly later. 4. Patients always have to sit / set in the waiting room for at least 20 minutes before seeing the doctor. 5. The new mother had just lain / laid down when the baby started to cry again. 6. Police said the suspect lay / laid his gun on the table and surrendered. 7. When he did lie / lay down, the headache came back worse than before. 8. The couple hanged / hung the pictures over the mantel and the paintings on the far wall. 9. �No matter what anyone tells you, just set / sit there until you are called for the audition,� her agent told her. 10. The nurse always made sure that his Bible lay / laid beside him on his night stand, always within easy reach. |
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