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Hans51 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Usage of lie and lay
The U.S. vice president asked President Park to quickly solve the obstacles that lay between Korea and Japan.
I have heard that even native English speakers sometimes make a mistake of using lie and lay and I was wondering if the lay in the article is a past of lie or a mistake of using lay, instead of lie?
I think that we can use both because of tense agreement with asked or lie is also okay when the obstacles between the countries still remain.
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as always and have a good day.
I have heard that even native English speakers sometimes make a mistake of using lie and lay and I was wondering if the lay in the article is a past of lie or a mistake of using lay, instead of lie?
I think that we can use both because of tense agreement with asked or lie is also okay when the obstacles between the countries still remain.
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as always and have a good day.
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Hans51 I have heard that even native English speakers sometimes make a mistake of using lie and lay True. It's a common mistake to confuse the two. lay has these principal parts: lay, laid, laid .
- Hans51 I have heard that even native English speakers sometimes make a mistake of using lie and lay True.
- It's a common mistake to confuse the two.
- lay has these principal parts: lay, laid, laid .
- , it has an object.
- Basically it means "put (something) down".
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Hans51I have heard that even native English speakers sometimes make a mistake of using lie and layTrue. It's a common mistake to confuse the two.
lay has these principal parts: lay, laid, laid. It's transitive, i.e., it has an object. Basically it means "put (something) down".
Please lay the keys on the table when
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