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Review: Frequently Confused Verbs, Answer 2.1
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- Question:
- The cows were laying in the field even though it was raining.
- Answer:
- The answer correctly formed compound verb is not correct.
- Explanation:
- The compound verb were laying is transitive, but the sentence describes the position of the cows, not the act of lying down. Thus, the correct answer is were lying.
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