I will lay beside you vs I will lie beside you

Both phrases are correct, but they have different meanings. 'I will lay beside you' implies that the speaker will physically place something beside the listener, while 'I will lie beside you' means the speaker will recline or rest beside the listener. The choice between 'lay' and 'lie' depends on whether an object is being placed (lay) or if someone is assuming a reclining position (lie).

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I will lay beside you

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when the speaker intends to physically place something beside the listener. 'Lay' is the past tense of 'lie.'

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It lays beside you on your pillow at night.
The last time I lay beside him he was almost as long as me.
For days in a shipping container, she lay beside my dead body.
So we lay beside one another completely naked and sunbathed.
How exciting to touch you... to lay beside you.
Instead you lay yourself beside me in my death-bed.
I would never lay with any man besides my husband.
Migros' statutes lay down that, besides supplying low-cost goods and services, another equally important business goal is to bring culture and cultural activities closer to the population.
And then when you order them to lay in the filth beside the animals it is their right to feed upon?
And she would lay her body beside them as their mothers licked them clean, smelling of sweet straw and the tang of birth, thinking, 'we are alive, alive, alive.'
So I will lay all my cards on the table.
- I will lay my hands upon you.
I will lay down my soul to stop this apocalypse.
I will lay six strips of bacon out on my George Foreman grill.
Well, I will lay down newspapers.
I will lay him down such reasons for this adventure that he shall go.
Okay, I will lay off if you can survive one round with Breasty Bertha in...
I will lay down my life before I let any harm befall those girls.
I will lay out the progress of the case thus far, and then I'll go to you.
Yes! I will lay some hurt on that cream.

Alternatives:

I will lay the book beside you.
I laid the blanket beside you.

I will lie beside you

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when the speaker intends to recline or rest beside the listener. 'Lie' is the present tense of 'lay.'

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That I will not lie beside you when my Resolution comes.
Mr. Hickok will lie beside two brothers.
And you too will lie beside your sister, for all time.
I do like having a woman lie beside me.
And did you just lie beside him, or...
And you will not lie beside my mother.
She'd lie beside me and say, Auntie, I wish to be well.
And she... she'll lie beside it, in place of a wreath.
When I'm sad I send for her... and I lie down beside her.
You wouldn't lie to me right beside the house of the Lord? No.
I will lie down and to die.
In a hundred years, I will lie next to you.
Set me free, and I will lie you out of this creepynightmare.
I will lie with her and you may hang me for it.
I will lie with you and say it is not day.
Me, I am very tired, I will lie down...
Good, I will lie down and listen to your music.
Hamlet, thou art slain by my hands, but I will lie dead again in the heavens.
I will lie with the woman I love and I will do so tonight.
I will stay beside you every hour until.

Alternatives:

I will lie down beside you.
I lay beside you yesterday.

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I will lay beside you vs I will lie beside you