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  1. Lucifer
    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    Laid is the past tense of "to lie". It is used when something has been placed somewhere, typically on a flat surface. This means that layed is an incorrect spelling of the word, which is usually used in the past tense.

    Laid is the past tense of “to lie”. It is used when something has been placed somewhere, typically on a flat surface. This means that layed is an incorrect spelling of the word, which is usually used in the past tense.

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  1. Lucifer
    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    It's fine to say set up an appointment in informal contexts, but you should avoid it in formal contexts.

    It’s fine to say set up an appointment in informal contexts, but you should avoid it in formal contexts.

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