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Scarf guava 558 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

I know lead is wrong, but I want to use it!

The current Marketing team lead led by Shawn Goodin will move into the new organization and report into Munish.

  

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'Lead' is the present tense; 'led' is the past tense and participle so must be used in your sentence. ' However, the mistake is made by many English native speakers as 'lead' (the metal) is pronounced 'led' so huge numbers of people use it mistakenly.

  • 'Lead' is the present tense; 'led' is the past tense and participle so must be used in your sentence.
  • ' However, the mistake is made by many English native speakers as 'lead' (the metal) is pronounced 'led' so huge numbers of people use it mistakenly.
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'Lead' is the present tense; 'led' is the past tense and participle so must be used in your sentence. '...team [which is] led by...'

However, the mistake is made by many English native speakers as 'lead' (the metal) is pronounced 'led' so huge numbers of people use it mistakenly.

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