contentbotB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish • 1 month agoA cool guide pay attention to your grammari.redd.itimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down17file-text
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minus-square@jetAlinkEnglish1•edit-21 month agopast tense lay, past participle lain… can you use these in a sentence for me?
minus-square@BCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 month agoAfter King Arhur had lain his sword down, he lay in the tall grass, resting.
minus-square@jetAlinkEnglish3•1 month agoi see my problem, i thought this infographic was talking about lie as in to deceive. I didn’t see the small definition at the top of the sheet. Thank you for the example, now everything is clear.
minus-square@Paraneoptera@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-21 month agoIt should be “after King Arthur had laid his sword down, he lay in the tall grass, resting” since “lain” is the intransitive participial form and “laid” is the transitive participial form. If he’s doing it to a sword he needs the transitive.
past tense lay, past participle lain…
can you use these in a sentence for me?
After King Arhur had lain his sword down, he lay in the tall grass, resting.
i see my problem, i thought this infographic was talking about lie as in to deceive. I didn’t see the small definition at the top of the sheet.
Thank you for the example, now everything is clear.
I ain’t gonna lie…English is a mess.
It should be “after King Arthur had laid his sword down, he lay in the tall grass, resting” since “lain” is the intransitive participial form and “laid” is the transitive participial form. If he’s doing it to a sword he needs the transitive.
Ah right, thanks