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Victo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Are the examples and explanations correct below?
Are the examples and explanations correct below?
As the lions lie in wait for their pray, the hunters eagerly load their shotguns. (Presently; right now.)
As the lions lay in wait for their pray, the hunters eagerly load their shotguns. (A second ago; in the past.)
the problems that lie before us
(Right now; currently)
the problems that lay before us
(In the past.)
Thank you.
As the lions lie in wait for their pray, the hunters eagerly load their shotguns. (Presently; right now.)
As the lions lay in wait for their pray, the hunters eagerly load their shotguns. (A second ago; in the past.)
the problems that lie before us
(Right now; currently)
the problems that lay before us
(In the past.)
Thank you.
Top answer
I typo'd. I meant "prey".
- I typo'd.
- I meant "prey".
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The second lions passage doesn't make sense because it's mixing tenses. The lions were lying in wait in the past, but the hunters are loading their shotguns now, and the two are happening at the same time?
Your interpretation of the problems passages seems correct.
Your interpretation of the problems passages seems correct.
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