Grammar Hotline

Don't laugh, this should be a running thread.

Before I stab myself, which is correct:

1) '....he was prepared for the challenges that lay ahead'

or

2) ...'the challenges that lie ahead.'

It's the first one, right?? Or neither??

 

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This one:

3) He was prepared for the challenges ahead.

Eliminates the unnecessary words and the grammar issue outright.

 

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Way better.

I am really off today. Thanks so much!

 

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Thought this was a thread about Boom's posts.

 

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Not a problem. I was prepared for the challenges ahead. 8)

 

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No worries.

 

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That's good. I was going to avoid the issue with:

4) He was prepared for the challenges that were reclining ahead.

 

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You might have been forced to deal with the prone/supine issue.

 

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How about 'He lay supine, preparing for the lies that lay ahead.'

Why do we not have a running grammar thread?

Also, watery has the best sig I have seen here in a long long time.

 

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Because it would turn into a pissing match over things like "never end a sentence with a preposition" and other rules that have evolved into gray areas.

 

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Hmm. I would have said 'grey' areas.

Are you sure?

I think we need this thread.

 

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'Gray' is correct AP style.