contentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 个月前A cool guide pay attention to your grammari.redd.itimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down16file-text
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minus-squarejet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 个月前Not sure I’ve ever seen these forms of lie before
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 个月前Really? Are you from North America? In the UK those are normal.
minus-squarejet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 个月前past tense lay, past participle lain… can you use these in a sentence for me?
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 个月前After King Arhur had lain his sword down, he lay in the tall grass, resting.
minus-squarejet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 个月前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.
minus-squareParaneoptera@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 个月前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.
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