• jet@hackertalks.com
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    7 months ago

    past tense lay, past participle lain…

    can you use these in a sentence for me?

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      7 months ago

      After King Arhur had lain his sword down, he lay in the tall grass, resting.

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        7 months ago

        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.

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        7 months ago

        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.