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I know the differences between "lie" and "lay" when they are in their original forms.
What I want to know is the word "lie" when it is used in different tenses.
a. The book lay open on the desk. (the past tense of "lie")
Does it mean the book is NOT on the desk now? (because it takes the past tense)
(But sentence e goes with the word "NOW", which is odd to me.)
What if I change it into other tenses?
b. The book lies open on the desk.
c. The book is lying open on the desk.
d. The book was lying open on the desk.
--What are the differences among them?
And I found the sentence in the Oxford Dictionary:
e. Much of the city now lay in ruins.
Though "lie" is in its past form, it goes with "NOW".
Does that mean much of the city is still NOW in ruins?
If so, why not it takes the present tense?
What if I change it into other tenses?
f. Much of the city now lies in ruins.
g. Much of the city is now lying in ruins.
And I also found the sentence in the Oxford Dictionary:
h. Too many apartments are lying vacant.
What if I change it into other tenses?
i. Too many apartments lay vacant.
Does it mean these apartments are not vacant now? (because it's in the past tense)
If so, why sentence e goes with the word NOW?
Most of these sentences are from Oxford Learner's Dictionaries.
Some of them are made by me.
I'm so confused.
What I want to know is the word "lie" when it is used in different tenses.
a. The book lay open on the desk. (the past tense of "lie")
Does it mean the book is NOT on the desk now? (because it takes the past tense)
(But sentence e goes with the word "NOW", which is odd to me.)
What if I change it into other tenses?
b. The book lies open on the desk.
c. The book is lying open on the desk.
d. The book was lying open on the desk.
--What are the differences among them?
And I found the sentence in the Oxford Dictionary:
e. Much of the city now lay in ruins.
Though "lie" is in its past form, it goes with "NOW".
Does that mean much of the city is still NOW in ruins?
If so, why not it takes the present tense?
What if I change it into other tenses?
f. Much of the city now lies in ruins.
g. Much of the city is now lying in ruins.
And I also found the sentence in the Oxford Dictionary:
h. Too many apartments are lying vacant.
What if I change it into other tenses?
i. Too many apartments lay vacant.
Does it mean these apartments are not vacant now? (because it's in the past tense)
If so, why sentence e goes with the word NOW?
Most of these sentences are from Oxford Learner's Dictionaries.
Some of them are made by me.
I'm so confused.