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 Next.js is special in that:
 
 - Routes don’t need to be known ahead of time
-- Routes are always be lazy-loadable
+- Routes are always lazy-loadable
 - Top-level components can define `getInitialProps` that should _block_ the loading of the route (either when server-rendering or lazy-loading)
 
 As a result, we were able to introduce a very simple approach to routing that consists of two pieces: