Hello,
There is an article in today´s (Irish) Sunday´s World about a man who killed a dog describing the following:
"Its body lay undiscovered, wrapped in a plastic bag and dumped in a wheelie bin, for two days before discovered by the distraught owner."
Why is there used "lay" in the present tense?
Best regards,
noric
present tense?
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Re: present tense?
The "lay" in this sentence is the past tense of "to lie" (liegen), not to be confused with the present tense of the different verb "to lay" (legen):
lie/lay/have lain; he/she/it lies
lay/laid/have laid; he/she/it lays
lie/lay/have lain; he/she/it lies
lay/laid/have laid; he/she/it lays
noric hat geschrieben: Hello,
There is an article in today´s (Irish) Sunday´s World about a man who killed a dog, describing the following:
"Its body lay undiscovered, wrapped in a plastic bag and dumped in a wheelie bin, for two days before discovered by the distraught owner."
Why isthere used"lay" used in the present tense?
Best regards,
noric
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