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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Laid or lay?

In the following sentence, should it be "laid" or "lay" --

Further still, an impossible journey away, laid America
  

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Is the paragraph (where the sentence is from) written in present tense or past tense?

  • Is the paragraph (where the sentence is from) written in present tense or past tense?
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Is the paragraph (where the sentence is from) written in present tense or past tense?
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Then, use the present tense - lay.
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AlpheccaStarsThen, use the present tense - lay.
I'm not sure I understand.
Isn't the present tense, "lies"?

Yesterday, America lay just over the horizon.
Today, America lies just over the horizon.
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Or we could just put it this way:
The original poster should definitely not use is 'laid'.
Emotion: smile
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Thanks, Avangi. It's oops, my mistake.
I got the word right, but the tense wrong.
Lay (past tense of lie...)

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