The verb lead is pronounced /LEED/, with a long e the noun that refers to a position or advantage is also pronounced /LEED/, with a long e the noun that refers to the metal, however, is pronounced /LED/, with a short e. There are several unrelated nouns spelled lead: one most commonly refers to a metal (as in, "The paint was made with lead"), and the other most commonly refers to a position of advantage (as in, "Our team was in the lead"). Lead is both a noun and a verb, as most people know. Or, we should say, there is confusion about the leads and led. The only way to avoid this particular misspelling is to come to grips with the fact that the verb lead / leed/ is not analogous to the verb read / reed/ and / red/.There is some persistent confusion about lead and led.
Grown-ups who are still making the error can take five minutes to master the concept. I’m pretty sure that children can be expected to get the hang of it by the time they complete Eighth Grade. It’s not as if the verb to lead were rarely used. English speakers who wish to write standard English must learn to deal with it. That’s an explanation, but not an excuse. Ergo, they force the verb lead to conform to the past tense spelling of read. Their brains also know that the verb read can be pronounced as either / reed/ or / red/. Their brains know there is a word spelled lead that’s pronounced / led/. The most likely answer is that they look at the verb lead (/ leed/) and subconsciously associate it with the verb read (/ reed)/. There’s a neurological reason that intelligent speakers who pronounce the present and past forms of the verb to lead correctly in speech fail to spell the past form correctly in writing. The Extinction of Ice Age Mammals May Have Led to the Rise of Civilization-īy contrast, Thatcher’s Conservative government had led the Labour opposition in the opinion polls for much of the previous 6 months, often by double digits. Poor infrastructure, storage and maintenance at health centers have led to damaged or expired drugs. To kill a Mocking Bird led the GAR voting from the first week. (corrected forms from examples of misuse given above) Past forms of lead, pronounced / led/ and spelled led
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Marked Edema: Low albumin, immobility, and venous insufficiency have lead to accumulation of fluid in lower extremity.- GrepMed, a professional reference site for medical doctorsīy contrast, Thatcher’s Conservative government had lead the Labour opposition in the opinion polls for much of the previous 6 months, often by double digits.-Academic paper by Yale scholar The Extinction of Ice Age Mammals May Have Lead to the Rise of Civilization- Real Clear Science Poor infrastructure, storage and maintenance at health centers has lead to damaged or expired drugs, resulting in either ineffective medical treatment or patients who do not have access to the drugs they need.-Academic journal published by the University of Pennsylvania law school. To kill a Mocking Bird lead the GAR voting from the first week, and kept the lead for the entire five months of voting.-Public Broadcasting System (PBS). Here are a few examples of the erroneous usage by people who should know better: To see the misspelling in the writing of professional journalists and academics, however, is discouraging. The prevalence of past tense led misspelled as lead on amateur blogs and social media like Reddit is not surprising. The past tense of the verb to lead (pronounced / leed/) gives some English-speakers as much trouble as the past tenses of lay and lie.
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