minus-squareParaneoptera@sopuli.xyztoCool Guides@lemmy.ca•A cool guide pay attention to your grammarlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoIt 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. linkfedilink
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.