Are these correct? I say ‘yes’.
I lay down because I was exhausted.
I’m going to lie down because I’m exhausted.
I have lain down because of exhaustion.
I have lain down because I’m exhausted.
Thank you.
I lay down because I was exhausted. YES
I’m going to lie down because I’m exhausted. YES
I have lain down because out of exhaustion.
I have lain down because I’m exhausted. YES
“Lie” and “lay” are two different verbs, but they both relate to persons or things stretched out in a horizontal posture: If I lay a brick it will lie where I put it.
“Lie” i(intransitive) means to assume a recumbent position.
“Lay” (transitive)means to place or dispose.
Each word has many shades of meaning. And the worst source of confusion is that the past tense of “lie” is “lay”.
“Lie” has the past tense “lay” – “Last night, I lay down to sleep”
The past participle of “lie” is “lain” – “No sooner had I lain down to sleep than …”.
“Lay” has “laid” as both past tense and past participle.