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No GMAT would be complete without a question on the proper use (and conjugation) of the verbs lie and lay. The verb lay means to place, while the verb lie means to rest. They are conjugated as follows:
Before she goes to
bed, Grace lays her book on the nightstand. When she returned
from the store, Ellen laid her bag on the table. Joe spent 30 years
laying bricks for a living. On the GMAT, the test
writers capitalize on the confusion that surrounds these two words - and
by the tendency for students to get confused by answer choices that sound
eerily similar. Here are two typical examples:
Example 1.
If Grace would have lain her purse on the table, it might not have
been stolen in the robbery. (A) would have lain
If Grace had laid her pursue on the table, it might not have been stolen in the robbery.
Example 2. Because Gina had laid in bed for several months after her accident, she developed atrophy in her leg muscles. (A) had laid
Because Gina had lain in bed for several months after her accident, she developed atrophy in her leg muscles.
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