kadioguy
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prop
verb
He lay propped against the pillows.
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/prop_2
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Can I take it to mean:
He lay (and was) propped against the pillows.
I think that the 'propped' is in the past passive voice, rather than in the past active voice.
If it was the latter, the sentence would be He lay propping himself against the pillows.
Is that right?
verb
He lay propped against the pillows.
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/prop_2
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Can I take it to mean:
He lay (and was) propped against the pillows.
I think that the 'propped' is in the past passive voice, rather than in the past active voice.
If it was the latter, the sentence would be He lay propping himself against the pillows.
Is that right?