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-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.
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