contentbotB to Cool GuidesEnglish · 7 months agoA cool guide pay attention to your grammari.redd.itexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down17file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up166arrow-down1external-linkA cool guide pay attention to your grammari.redd.itcontentbotB to Cool GuidesEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarejet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·7 months agoNot sure I’ve ever seen these forms of lie before
minus-squareBCsvenlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoReally? Are you from North America? In the UK those are normal.
minus-squarejet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 months agopast tense lay, past participle lain… can you use these in a sentence for me?
minus-squareBCsvenlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·7 months agoAfter King Arhur had lain his sword down, he lay in the tall grass, resting.
minus-squarejet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months 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-squareParaneoptera@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 months 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.
Not sure I’ve ever seen these forms of lie before
Really? Are you from North America? In the UK those are normal.
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