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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Lay or lying?

Which do you think is more natural?

When I came out of the tunnel,

a) a large field was lying.

b)a large field lay.

  

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anonymous Which do you think is more natural? Those sentences are unfinished. You probably want 'lay', but you need to say where it lay.

  • anonymous Which do you think is more natural?
  • Those sentences are unfinished.
  • You probably want 'lay', but you need to say where it lay.
  • It lay before us.
  • / It lay in the distance.
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anonymousWhich do you think is more natural?

Those sentences are unfinished. You probably want 'lay', but you need to say where it lay.

It lay before us. / It lay in the distance. / It lay below us. /
It lay beside a charming village. / ...

CJ

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