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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Past & Present Lead

I want to say "I have developed and led a group"

Is that correct? led or is it lead?

I want past tense
  

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Hi, I want to say "I have developed and led a group" Is that correct? led or is it lead? I want past tense Present Perfect = 'I have led'.

  • Hi, I want to say "I have developed and led a group" Is that correct?
  • led or is it lead?
  • I want past tense Present Perfect = 'I have led'.
  • Simple Past = 'I led'.
  • I hope your context shows what you mean by 'develop a group'.
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Hi,

I want to say "I have developed and led a group"

Is that correct? led or is it lead?

I want past tense

Present Perfect = 'I have led'.

Simple Past = 'I led'.



I hope your context shows what you mean by 'develop a group'.



Best wishes, Clive
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AnonymousI want to say "I have developed and led a group"
Is that correct?
led is correct. As far as I know, the only two verbs in "ead" that have the same spelling in the present, past, and past participle are "read" and "spread".

("lead" and "plead" drop the "a".)

CJ

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