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lies
The use of "lays" in this context is non-standard, but frequent enough that I think the "@change" tag can be removed.
@AlanF_US
It's a frequent error. The choice of verb is wrong.
https://dictionary.cambridge.or...mar/lay-or-lie
If you think it should be changed, feel free to edit the sentence. The grace period for a response from the owner has passed.
The owner, as you know, is @CK, a regular contributor. Perhaps he will respond to this thread.
It was apparently a typo, since it was linked to the Japanese sentence that was also linked to....
[#295394] He lay on his back. (CK) *audio*
Machine translation implies that a number of the translations match the following.
He's lying on his back.
All of them match. I've gone ahead and changed it.
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[#295390] He was lying on his back. (CK) *audio*
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He lays on his back.
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He's lying on his back.
edited by Pfirsichbaeumchen, April 14, 2023
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