Assertion: lie | /r/HasProperty | intransitive
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text: The key difference is that lay is transitive and requires an object to act upon, and lie is intransitive, describing something moving on its own or already in position.
text: The main difference between the two words is that lay is a transitive verb, while lie is an intransitive verb.
text: Lay and lie are frequently confused verbs that have similar meanings (to do with objects or people lying horizontal on a surface), but for this one big detail - lay is transitive and always has a direct object; lie is intransitive and will never have a direct object.
text: Lie is an intransitive verb, and is only about what the subject is doing (by and to himself).