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Latest post Thu, Jun 4 2009 6:51 PM by Anonymous. 3 replies.
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Anonymous  +  765347 Thu, 04 Jun 09 05:19 PM
is the correct phrase

what lay ahead

or

what lies ahead ?
Anonymous
Yoong Liat, 156 days ago
What lies ahead.
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Yankee  +  765416 Thu, 04 Jun 09 06:37 PM
Hi Anon


Both are correct, but they are different tenses:


what lay ahead => past simple form of the verb "to lie"


what lies ahead => present simple form of the verb "to lie"
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Anonymous, 156 days ago
well it depends on wether you are speaking in the past ( in which case it's lay ahead)

 or the present ( in which case it's lies ahead).

 

Phil

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