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Lay and laid are both parts of the same verb.

The infinitive is lay, e.g. to lay; Let me lay the table.

Lay is also the simple present (except for the third person singular, with he, she, or it):

Every day I lay the table for breakfast.

Laid is the simple past:

When the phone rang she laid her book down.

It is also the past participle:

That hen has not laid an egg for two weeks.

The table was laid by the time I arrived.

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βˆ™ 1w ago

"Lay" is the present tense of the verb, meaning to put something down, while "laid" is the past tense and past participle form. So, you would say, "I lay the book on the table," in present tense, and "I laid the book on the table," in past tense.

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