Which lay ahead

And if you think this is new, think again. Before I knew better, I used to think that this term was talking about people who laid bricks. These people were usually not educated for too long, and therefore would be doing manual labour most of the time.

However, a layman is actually just a member of the church who is less than a priest—basically, anyone who goes to church but does not work for it. But does it really matter? I highly doubt it. In the English language, there are usually s of ways that you can say the same phrase.

To lie in wait means to hold until the right moment comes about, and when it does, attack. Asked 3 years, 3 months ago. Active 8 months ago. Viewed 14k times. Which is correct? Or maybe both are incorrect and some future tense of lie must be used? Improve this question. Learner47 Learner47 19 1 1 gold badge 1 1 silver badge 3 3 bronze badges. To improve my answer, in your examples, are you speaking in the past tense or in the present tense?

It is a statement from a book. He is talking about 'that day'. Which book? In the book there is only one of the examples - which is it? Also have a look at subject-verb agreement.

Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. But at the point that he began to see the trap, the trap was in the future; thus 'ahead' In the second the indication is that at that past time he began to see a trap that still or generally lies ahead for most people. I'm still an adult and writing now about something else from childhood. This 'trap' lies ahead from my present day perpective.

I hope that helps. Improve this answer. S Conroy S Conroy 6, 1 1 gold badge 12 12 silver badges 34 34 bronze badges. Good and to the point answer but are you sure? Can you confirm from a resource?. Also in the book the 1st statement was given not second and the trap was kind of a fact of life and is general ,so I thought the second statement should be used that's why the question.

Also what is wrong with lie? What would the sentence mean if lie is used instead of lies?. Sorry for the late reply I'm new here and forgot that I had an account. This page has been archived and is no longer updated.

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