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That these gloves have lay on the bureau all week sentence corrections?

The sentence "That these gloves have lay on the bureau all week" has a few errors:

* Subject-Verb Agreement: The subject is "gloves," which is plural. The verb "lay" should be "have lain" to match the plural subject.

* Word Choice: "Lay" is the past tense of "lie" (to recline). However, we need the present perfect tense "have lain" to indicate an action that started in the past and continues to the present.

* Capitalization: "bureau" should be capitalized as it is a proper noun.

Here are some corrected versions of the sentence:

Formal:

* These gloves have lain on the bureau all week.

Informal:

* These gloves have been lying on the bureau all week.

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