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Poll: I used to _____ awake all night.

I used to _____ awake all night.

lie
lay
Either

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This Poll:

  • Votes: 579
  • Comments: 3
  • Added: May 2004

Comments:

robrob

The majority of people say lie, I do, but we should be using the past tense shouldn't we ? lay

JennyB

We shouldn't be using the past tense here; we should be using the infinitive.

Sinara

Lie/lay/lain

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