Darwin was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; his tremendous originality lay in the fact that he proposed the idea of natural selection as the means by which evolution worked.
A. lay in the fact that he proposed the idea
B. lay in the fact of his proposing the idea
C. laid in the fact of his proposing the idea
D. laid in his proposal
E. lay in his proposal
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I guess it should be lay since we are speaking in general terms and not stating that "originality did the work of laying something in the past".daretodream wrote:Darwin was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; his tremendous originality lay in the fact that he proposed the idea of natural selection as the means by which evolution worked.
A. lay in the fact that he proposed the idea
B. lay in the fact of his proposing the idea
C. laid in the fact of his proposing the idea
D. laid in his proposal
E. lay in his proposal
I am not sure though .
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You can not propose Fact....therefore, A, B and C out. E is out because of simple present tense. IMO D is correct
daretodream wrote:Darwin was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; his tremendous originality lay in the fact that he proposed the idea of natural selection as the means by which evolution worked.
A. lay in the fact that he proposed the idea
B. lay in the fact of his proposing the idea
C. laid in the fact of his proposing the idea
D. laid in his proposal
E. lay in his proposal
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a,B and C out for wordinessdaretodream wrote:Darwin was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; his tremendous originality lay in the fact that he proposed the idea of natural selection as the means by which evolution worked.
A. lay in the fact that he proposed the idea
B. lay in the fact of his proposing the idea
C. laid in the fact of his proposing the idea
D. laid in his proposal
E. lay in his proposal
now D and E is a thing which need concept
first the part in his proposal contains an indirect object; saying that laid is a pst tense of lay which a transitive verb which req a direct obj , which is not the case here
however lay in E is psat tense of lie an intansitive verb which req an indirect obj which is exzctly the case here
some complex grammer
so E
