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houstonrockets16: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 26; Joined: Mon Feb 02, 2009 4:45 pm; Thanked: 1 times

by houstonrockets16 » Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:35 am

Hours of driving laid ahead of us.

A. laid
B. have lain
C. lay
D. has lay
E. lie

I know this is something that has been discussed but to me those dicussions are not making sense in this context.

The answer is C.

[spoiler]Can someone please explain why lay is correct here and not lie? I know that lay means to put down and lie means to recline or to relax.
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Thanks

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vikram_k51: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 208; Joined: Sat Jan 31, 2009 11:32 am; Location: Mumbai; Thanked: 2 times

by vikram_k51 » Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:21 am

Hours of driving laid ahead of us.

A. laid---------->we are talking of a future action

B. have lain ----->we are talking of a future action

C. lay ---------->Ok

D. has lay -------->'has' is wrong here.

E. lie ---------->lie is not correct

Hence C

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by raunekk » Wed Feb 04, 2009 3:50 am

great question....

Lay takes an object

and lie doesnt require an object.

refer this

https://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/agcom ... ay_lie.htm

i hope this helps.

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piyush_nitt: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 424; Joined: Sun Dec 07, 2008 5:15 pm; Location: Sydney; Thanked: 12 times

by piyush_nitt » Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:09 am

raunekk wrote:great question....

Lay takes an object

and lie doesnt require an object.

refer this

https://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/agcom ... ay_lie.htm

i hope this helps.

SO ..what is an Object here ?

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houstonrockets16: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 26; Joined: Mon Feb 02, 2009 4:45 pm; Thanked: 1 times

by houstonrockets16 » Thu Feb 05, 2009 4:43 pm

Does anyone know what the object is ?

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by houstonrockets16 » Thu Feb 05, 2009 9:56 pm

Raunek,

Can you explain where the object is, I am missing it some reason

Thanks!

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by raunekk » Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:39 am

https://www.fortunecity.com/bally/durrus ... h11.html#2

it will help..

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by piyush_nitt » Fri Feb 06, 2009 3:03 pm

raunekk wrote:https://www.fortunecity.com/bally/durrus ... h11.html#2

it will help..

Thanks Raunekk. It indeed helps.

but does it mean that "us" is the Object of preposition "of" and hence no object for the verb.

SO lie should be used isn't it?

Thanks again !

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