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Seagull Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Why is the past tense used
Our friends report that after every cleaning, personal items are missing. When they changed services, the same thing happened.
If we have to put away all of our personal items that lay around the house, we may as well just clean it ourselves. How do we find someone we can trust?
This is from Annie's mailbox, a life counseling column. In it, why does this questioner use the past tense in the phrasal verb 'lay around.' ?I think the present tense (lie around) is correct here. What's your take?
If we have to put away all of our personal items that lay around the house, we may as well just clean it ourselves. How do we find someone we can trust?
This is from Annie's mailbox, a life counseling column. In it, why does this questioner use the past tense in the phrasal verb 'lay around.' ?I think the present tense (lie around) is correct here. What's your take?
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I think the present tense (lie around) is correct here. What's your take? I think the writer confused the verbs 'lie' (lie/lay/lain) and 'lay' (lay/laid/laid).
- I think the present tense (lie around) is correct here.
- What's your take?
- I think the writer confused the verbs 'lie' (lie/lay/lain) and 'lay' (lay/laid/laid).
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seagullwhy does this questioner use the past tense in the phrasal verb 'lay around.' ?I think the present tense (lie around) is correct here. What's your take?I think the writer confused the verbs 'lie' (lie/lay/lain) and 'lay' (lay/laid/laid).
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