Can "lead" be used to describe someone holding...
Person A wants to write:
"I see you hold a great number of medals. Very impressive! You might even be the lead in this region!"
Person B protests with:
"You can be ‘in the lead’ or have a ‘lead role’ or even ‘take the lead’, but is it possible to say that you ‘are the lead’?"
Person A counteracts with:
"See example 8b, under nouns: (https://www.thefreedictionary.com/lead) "The lead passes to the player on the left."
Person B counteracts with:
"But even in that example the player is not a lead, he is just given the lead. From how I understand it, lead is something you can either have, or can be used as an adjective, but a person himself cannot be a lead?"
So who's correct?
Top answer
" It's only possible in some games and sports, particularly card games where 'the lead' refers to the duty of the person whose turn is next. You can also be the lead in a movie. I think you should probably be using the word 'leader', especially in the fields of politics and government.
- " It's only possible in some games and sports, particularly card games where 'the lead' refers to the duty of the person whose turn is next.
- You can also be the lead in a movie.
- I think you should probably be using the word 'leader', especially in the fields of politics and government.
- "T This is a card game.
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"You can be ‘in the lead’ or have a ‘lead role’ or even ‘take the lead’, but is it possible to say that you ‘are the lead’?"
It's only possible in some games and sports, particularly card games where 'the lead' refers to the duty of the person whose turn is next. You can also be the lead in a movie.
I think you should probably be using the word 'leader', especiall
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