And of course she could have 'laid' an egg, that's past tense I suppose. But I'm going to stick to my 'lay'.
On 30 Nov 2014, at 10:57, Tim Allen wrote:
> Yes - I think the way I put it was closer to immediate thought, closer to what I would say in conversation - 'One princess lay a Faberge egg' sounds slightly more correct and considered - I can see why I subconsciously never said it that way.
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> On 29 Nov 2014, at 15:56, Douglas Barbour wrote:
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>> Ah, well, this sounded a bit off to me, but it may be my hearing:
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>> One of the princesses lay a Faberge egg
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>> I enjoyed ll those princesses & what they were about, of course…
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