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I lay the pen on the table yesterday Is it a correct sentence?​

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Answer: No

Explanation: In english there's a certain order to how you say things, as well as the fact that since this is a past tense statement (i.e. "yesterday") you would use the past tense of lay, "laid". So in order for the sentence to be correct it would need to be changed to "Yesterday, I laid the pen on the table."

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Step-by-step explanation:

The sentence "I lay the pen on the table yesterday" is not correct in standard English. The correct past tense form should be: "I laid the pen on the table yesterday."

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