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Cboutin3 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Is this the correct way to use laid for past tense

As he laid dying, Pheragas ordered his captain, Garic, to abandon the war and retreat to Pax Tharkas.
  

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No. You want "As he lay dying". )

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  • You want "As he lay dying".
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No. You want "As he lay dying".

CJ

(Note that "As I lay dying" is even the name of a novel, the name of a film, and the name of a band!)

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