Which is correct?
Lay a thick layer of frosting on that cake before we eat it, and then we can lie down and groan for the rest of the evening.
Lie a thick layer of frosting on that cake before we eat it, and then we can lay down and groan for the rest of the evening.

Question

Which is correct?
Lay a thick layer of frosting on that cake before we eat it, and then we can lie down and groan for the rest of the evening.
Lie a thick layer of frosting on that cake before we eat it, and then we can lay down and groan for the rest of the evening.

conqueror · Answer

Lay: put down, especially gently or carefully.

Lie: be, remain, or be kept in a specified state.

anonymous · Answer

So the first one right?