I was laying in bed or lying in bed?
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00:00 I Was Laying In Bed Or Lying In Bed?
00:11 Answer 1 Score 9
00:20 Answer 2 Score 3
00:32 Accepted Answer Score 13
01:19 Thank you
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 13
According to Google NGrams, "lying in bed" is much more common.
"To lay" is a transitive verb. It can be reflexive - "I lay myself", "I am laying myself", "I was laying myself" - but it requires an object noun.
"To lie" by contrast is intransitive. It is an indicator of state, not action. Thus, your statement, which indicates your state in the past perfect, should use this verb and not "lay".
If "I was laying in bed", the connotation is that I was in the act of laying something in that bed, and the sentence is not proper unless that object is either stated explicitly or inferred by context; it can range from the innocent reflexive ("I was laying myself in bed") to the innocent transitive ("I was laying my infant daughter in bed") to the sexual ("I was laying my girlfriend in bed") to the absurd ("I was laying eggs in bed").
ANSWER 2
Score 9
"I was lying in bed" is correct unless, of course, like a chicken you were laying an egg!
ANSWER 3
Score 3
You are most probably lying in bed.
Unless you are a hen and you are laying eggs in someone's bed, that is.