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As a teenager, I worked summers at a state park in Northeastern Utah. A guy came in with the biggest camp trailer I had ever seen. It reminded me of that old Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez movie “The Long, Long Trailer.”We had a couple of oversized spots that we kept for big trailers like that, so naturally I assigned one to him. Not long after, he came back up to the gate, trailer still attached.“The space isn't big enough for Old Betsy here.”“How big is ‘Old Betsy’?” I asked.He pointed backwards with his thumb. “She's a fitty-foot beauty back there, Buckaroo.”(Okay, so I don’t actually remember the size, or him calling the trailer “Betsy” or me “Buckaroo.”)I apologized and checked my campground map, which included size information. The space was huge, big enough for the truck, trailer, a boat, and Aunt Martha’s favorite easy chair.I showed him the map. “Is this the space you tried, the one with the number I gave you?”“No, we didn't like that space. We want this one.” He pointed at the map. It was a nice space, with a great view of the lake, but he was right, it was too small.“I'm sorry,” I offered, “the only spaces that are big enough and available are these ones.” I pointed at the map again.“We don't like any of those. We want the one I showed you.”“But that one’s not big enough.”“Yeah, I know. Whacha gonna do for me?”“Well, I can give you one of these spaces that are big enough.” I showed him the map a third time. “That’s about all I can do really. I can’t make the space you want any bigger, it’s in the corner. There’s no more room to expand it.”He looked over the map and pointed at the space I had assigned him in the first place. “This one’s a biggun, ya say?” I nodded. “Okay, we’ll take that one.”“Sounds good.” I smiled. “Just keep that pass I already gave you in the windshield and you’re good to go.”Later that night he brought me a hamburger for my trouble. It was delicious.Thanks for reading! Here's another story from working at the park: John Smith's answer to Have you ever almost made a huge mistake, but were stopped at the last second?

Dear M Anonymous,The original question asked “Which is correct, ‘laying in the bed’ or ‘laying on the bed’?” Most of this answer will address the original question. However, “lying down” is the correct intransitive use, and “laying down” would only be used with a direct object as shown below.“The young mother is lying down while her baby is taking a nap.”“He is laying down the law.” (Note the direct object, “law,” which is required if you use this verb.)ORIGINAL ANSWER to the original question before the mergeBoth “laying in the bed” and “laying on the bed” are incorrect because of the use of “laying” instead of “lying.” The verb “to lay” is a transitive verb that requires a direct object; “in the bed” is not a direct object, it is a prepositional phrase modifying the verb. The real issue is your verb, not your prepositions. The correct verb should have been “to lie,” which is an intransitive verb (i.e., it does not take a direct object).For a chart I created of irregular verbs, scroll to the bottom.Only if you were a chicken could you use “laying” (an egg) as in “A chicken is laying eggs in the bed” or “A chicken was laying eggs on the bed.” (To help us remember “lie versus lay,” my 6th grade teacher, Mr. Cannon in Utah, used to say: “Chickens lay [eggs] and people lie.”)A chicken laid one brown egg in her nest today (but whose egg is that white one???), and she will be laying more eggs tomorrow. Regarding where she spends her time, she does not lie in the bed; she does not lie on the bed, and she certainly does not lay her eggs there, either.source: pixabay — photographer: Pexels (English)You could also use “lay” for anything else that needs to be placed somewhere, as in, “Please lay your books on the table.” [“Books” is the direct object of “lay.”]“Lay” can be used in the past tense (“laid”), as noted by Joe Smith in his 1 Nov. 2018 comment on this answer. Thanks, Joe!Example 1: “She laid the stack of clothes on the table.”Example 2: “She laid her little daughter gently on the bed and kissed her forehead.”If you meant a person in or on a bed, then you would use the verb “lie” (not “lay”) as in, “She is lying in the bed” or “She is lying on the bed.” Either preposition is okay, with slightly different nuances. See edits below for comments on the differences.Also see: Sarah Madden's answer to Do you deliberately lie out in the sun to tan?POST SCRIPTAs David Troughton wrote in a comment on my answer,“Lying on suggests lying on top of the bedclothes.”“Lying in suggests having sheet and blankets or duvet pulled up over the top of you.”As Sheila Mary Belshaw points out in a comment, it is never correct to use “laying” without a direct object (“Laying in or on the bed is very bad grammar. You lie on a bed. So lying on a bed or in a bed is the question. I think it should be lying on a bed. But never ever laying on a bed.”)For a terrific cartoon of this very concept, go to Bruce Loving's answer to Which is correct "lying down" or "laying down", for someone who is on the bed?PLAGIARISM??!?15 May 2019 — I just discovered a young woman from Nigeria (Feyisayo Awosusi) has plagiarized the first part of my answer and posted it as her own on a website: TwibbaNetworks. Let the record stand, I wrote the original on 10 January 2018, and she copy-pasted the first part of my answer WORD FOR WORD over a year later, in April 2019, a few months after she joined Twibba. Should I be flattered, or enraged — or both? I reported her to the Twibba website for plagiarism. (I had never heard of Twibba before, but a reader alerted me in a comment below that he had read my answer on another website and thought I was the one who had committed plagiarism. This prompted me to do some digging, and I quickly discovered what had transpired.)The plagiarist's profile on TwibbaNetworks is: Feyisayo Awosusi. Her copy-paste answer is here: Which is correct, “laying in the bed” or “laying on the bed”? — TwibbaNetworks. (On 15 May 2019, I complained to her and to Twibba, and it appears that in November 2019, it’s hard to find it on her profile even though the answer is still on the site. Small victories, I guess.)Below is my complaint to her followed by a screenshot of her plagiarized copy of part of my answer.“Feyisayo, I should be flattered that you copied part of my Quora answer, WORD FOR WORD, but I am saddened you felt you had to plagiarize my work and not give me credit. This is so wrong (and lazy)!“I originally answered this very question -- on 10 January 2018 -- on Quora. You copied my first paragraph, and it is plagiarism. Then, in April or May 2019, you found my answer and plagiarized it.”)“Here is the original, which I wrote more than a year before you posted your copy-paste ‘answer’: Sarah Madden's answer to Which is correct, ‘laying in the bed’ or ‘laying on the bed’?”Below is the report I made to Twibba 15 May 2019.A certain person has plagiarized an answer I wrote over a year ago on Quora, and pasted it into TwibbaNetworks.The Twibba question is: Which is correct, “laying in the bed” or “laying on the bed”? — TwibbaNetworksCompare Feyisayo Awosusi's Twibba answer (posted April or May 2019) to my Quora answer (written 10 January 2018, more than a year early).My Quora answer (which he plagiarized by copying the first paragraph without attribution): Sarah Madden's answer to Which is correct "lying down" or "laying down", for someone who is on the bed?The plagiarist's profile is: Feyisayo AwosusiThank you.Sarah Madden—Sarah M, copyright 10 January 2018 (updated 27 April 2020)ORIGINAL QUESTION: Which is correct, “laying in the bed” or “laying on the bed”? (asked 7 January 2018)MERGED INTO: Which is correct "lying down" or "laying down", for someone who is on the bed? (asked 13 May 2015)Below is a chart I created of irregular verbs. Enjoy! English has at least 157 irregular verbs, and they occur frequently. They must be memorized.

Recall that the trigger for the inquiry[1][1][1][1] was the whistleblower report[2][2][2][2] concerning President Trump’s conversation with President Zelenskyy. It concerns both diplomatic and intelligence sensitivities (the White House’s apparent justification for moving the full transcript onto a codeword-classified server[3][3][3][3] ); and, to-date, the witnesses who have been called have been persons with deep knowledge of America’s diplomatic and national security apparatus.It is entirely appropriate for these depositions to be conducted in closed, executive sessions, until the intelligence committee can determine what can and can’t be revealed to the public in open session[4][4][4][4] [5][5][5][5] .The Democrats have repeatedly said that there will be open hearings[6][6][6][6] , but that is not the current phase of the investigation:“In each session, I have made an opening statement, and offered the same opportunity to a Member designated by the minority. Questions have been primarily asked by committee counsels for both the majority and the minority, but also by Members of both parties. And the majority and minority have been provided equal staff representation and time to question witnesses, who have stayed until the majority and the minority have asked all of their questions – often late into the evening. It is necessary to point this out, because the President and his allies have made the false claim that GOP members and staff have been precluded from attending or asking questions — nothing could be further from the truth.“The reasons for conducting interviews in private are sound and based on the best interests of a thorough and fair investigation. Unlike in past impeachment proceedings in which Congress had the benefit of an investigation conducted in secret by an independent prosecutor, we must conduct the initial investigation ourselves. This is the case, because the Department of Justice under Bill Barr expressly declined to investigate this matter, after a criminal referral had been made[7][7][7][7] .“The special counsels in the Nixon and Clinton impeachments conducted their investigations in private and we must initially do the same. It is of paramount importance to ensure that witnesses cannot coordinate their testimony with one another to match their description of events, or potentially conceal the truth.”[8][8][8][8]This is openly supported by the Rules of the House:Committees may prescribe regulations to govern the manner of access to their records, such as requiring examination only in committee rooms. . . . Testimony or evidence taken in executive sessions of a committee is under the control and subject to the regulation of the committee and, under paragraph (k)(7), cannot be released without the consent of the committee. Furthermore, such access allows a Member to examine executive session materials only in committee rooms and does not permit a Member to copy or to take personal notes from such materials, to keep such notes or copies in personal office files, or to release such materials to the public without the consent of the committee or subcommittee under paragraph (k)(7). Compare this paragraph with clause 11(g)(3) of rule X, which only permits access of nonmembers of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to classified information in the possession of that committee when authorized by that committee. . . .The requirements of paragraphs (g)(1) and (2), and of paragraph (m)(2)(A), that a majority of the committee or subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for the purposes of closing meetings or hearings or issuing subpoenas have been construed to require, under paragraph (k)(7) of this rule, that a majority shall likewise constitute a quorum to release or make public any evidence or testimony received in any closed meeting or hearing and any other executive session record of the committee or subcommittee. See also clauses 11(c) and 11(g) of rule X, which provide that classified material transmitted by the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to another committee of the House becomes the executive session material of the recipient committee by virtue of the nature of the material and the injunction of clause 11(g) of rule X, which prohibits disclosure of information provided to committees or Members of the House except in a secret session. (Large PDF Warning[9][9][9][9] , Discussion of Rule XI, Clause 2)Both points being conceded by Republicans who’ve decided to participate in the process[10][10][10][10] :One Republican who has been able to attend the proceedings, Rep. Chris Stewart of Utah, acknowledged that the closed-door nature of the impeachment proceedings are consistent with the House’s procedures.“This may be within House rules. That’s not the question. The question is, is it a good idea to impeach the president in secret hearings?” Stewart said. “This may very well be within Chairman Schiff’s and Nancy Pelosi’s authority to do this. I think it’s a bad idea.”Once the committee has been satisfied that it has gathered enough evidence to move into open hearings and can review it for appropriate public release, it will.Footnotes[1] Carter Moore's answer to What was the constitutional basis for Trump claiming that the impeachment process is unconstitutional?[1] Carter Moore's answer to What was the constitutional basis for Trump claiming that the impeachment process is unconstitutional?[1] Carter Moore's answer to What was the constitutional basis for Trump claiming that the impeachment process is unconstitutional?[1] Carter Moore's answer to What was the constitutional basis for Trump claiming that the impeachment process is unconstitutional?[2] Carter Moore's answer to What has shocked you the most about the whistleblower complaint against Donald Trump?[2] Carter Moore's answer to What has shocked you the most about the whistleblower complaint against Donald Trump?[2] Carter Moore's answer to What has shocked you the most about the whistleblower complaint against Donald Trump?[2] Carter Moore's answer to What has shocked you the most about the whistleblower complaint against Donald Trump?[3] White House ‘lockdown’ of transcript would be highly unusual[3] White House ‘lockdown’ of transcript would be highly unusual[3] White House ‘lockdown’ of transcript would be highly unusual[3] White House ‘lockdown’ of transcript would be highly unusual[4] Carter Moore's answer to Is Adam Schiff breaking House rules by withholding documents from House members?[4] Carter Moore's answer to Is Adam Schiff breaking House rules by withholding documents from House members?[4] Carter Moore's answer to Is Adam Schiff breaking House rules by withholding documents from House members?[4] Carter Moore's answer to Is Adam Schiff breaking House rules by withholding documents from House members?[5] Carter Moore's answer to Does every House Committee have to let any house member attend their meeting?[5] Carter Moore's answer to Does every House Committee have to let any house member attend their meeting?[5] Carter Moore's answer to Does every House Committee have to let any house member attend their meeting?[5] Carter Moore's answer to Does every House Committee have to let any house member attend their meeting?[6] The Closed-Door Impeachment[6] The Closed-Door Impeachment[6] The Closed-Door Impeachment[6] The Closed-Door Impeachment[7] CIA top lawyer made 'criminal referral' on complaint about Trump call[7] CIA top lawyer made 'criminal referral' on complaint about Trump call[7] CIA top lawyer made 'criminal referral' on complaint about Trump call[7] CIA top lawyer made 'criminal referral' on complaint about Trump call[8] Schiff says committees will eventually make impeachment inquiry transcripts public[8] Schiff says committees will eventually make impeachment inquiry transcripts public[8] Schiff says committees will eventually make impeachment inquiry transcripts public[8] Schiff says committees will eventually make impeachment inquiry transcripts public[9] https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/HMAN-116/pdf/HMAN-116.pdf[9] https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/HMAN-116/pdf/HMAN-116.pdf[9] https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/HMAN-116/pdf/HMAN-116.pdf[9] https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/HMAN-116/pdf/HMAN-116.pdf[10] Impeachment deposition delayed after Republicans storm proceedings[10] Impeachment deposition delayed after Republicans storm proceedings[10] Impeachment deposition delayed after Republicans storm proceedings[10] Impeachment deposition delayed after Republicans storm proceedings