http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3615.39139)http://www.englishforums.com/English/LayLie/jcnvh/post.htm#765435Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:51:57 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:765435Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/LayLie/jcnvh/post.htm#765435http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-765435.xmlwell it depends on wether you are speaking in the past ( in which case it&#39;s lay ahead) or the present ( in which case it&#39;s lies ahead). Philhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/LayLie/jcnvh/post.htm#765416Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:37:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:765416Yankee1http://www.englishforums.com/English/LayLie/jcnvh/post.htm#765416http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-765416.xmlHi Anon Both are correct, but they are different tenses: what lay ahead =&gt; past simple form of the verb &quot;to lie&quot; what lies ahead =&gt; present simple form of the verb &quot;to lie&quot;http://www.englishforums.com/English/LayLie/jcnvh/post.htm#765383Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:59:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:765383Yoong Liat2http://www.englishforums.com/English/LayLie/jcnvh/post.htm#765383http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-765383.xmlWhat lies ahead.http://www.englishforums.com/English/LayLie/jcnvh/post.htmThu, 04 Jun 2009 16:19:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:765347Anonymous3http://www.englishforums.com/English/LayLie/jcnvh/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-765347.xmlis the correct phrase what lay ahead or what lies ahead ?