![]() You don’t need to write it with dots and it’s pronounced “elly-dee”. Q: And LED televisions have nothing to do with this, right?Ī: Haha, that's right. You label this pile: “READ THESE BOOKS”.Ī: “To read” is a particularly irregular verb – as not only does it shun “readed” for a past tense option, but it sticks with the exact same word AND pronunciation.Ī: So, to recap, people are likely mistaking “lead” when they mean “led” because they think it follows the same rules as “read” AND there is extra confusion from the metal lead’s pronunciation. Next to it is a pile of books you’ve just finished. But it’s likely that the same people who are mistakenly ascribing “lead” as the past tense of “lead” are doing so due to another word…Ī: Imagine a pile of books you’ve just bought. So, when using the past tense and past participle forms of the verb lead, led must be written. Because of this, the past participle is commonly used as a compound verb. You need an auxiliary verb such as have or had. Since past participle verbs are not tenses, they can’t be used on their own. I wish I hadn’t asked.Ī: Haha, yes, English can be hair-pullingly frustrating with its rules and exceptions. However, rumours of its demise are greatly exaggerated. Basically, the past tense is a true verb tense while the past participle is a verb-derived form that has three distinct uses. Q: Oh no, not this lead-poisoned chalice. Q: So people are just lazily attributing the sound from the “lead” metal? There must be more to it. Because it’s pronounced the same as the actual word “led” – the past tense form of our earlier verb, “to lead” (pronounced LEED). Q: So how does “lead” add extra weight to your argument?Ī: Groan. ![]() These days it’s still found in things like batteries and ammunition. So “lead” as a noun is the highly toxic metal previously found in things like your uncle Tony’s paints. Q: Wow, the judge said that exact same thing to my uncle Tony after he painted the local kindergarten with leftover tins from his shed…Ī: Oh dear. ![]() Please lead us to the house, because you know how to go there. Anyway, the problems really start happening when we introduce the metal “lead”. Someone is leading other people if the person is going first and the other people are following or coming after. Q: That’s because it wasn’t off being made to drink.Ī: Quite. “to lead the orchestra” or “the horse moved into the lead”… Anyway, there are many other verb definitions for “lead” – including to be at the front of something. I always assumed it had something to do with poor water quality.Ī: Nope. You can also lead a horse to a movie theatre, but you can’t make it eat popcorn.Ī: You do know that this is from a 12th century proverb, right? It’s a metaphor for not being able to control whether someone does something, even if you give them the most favourable circumstances. For example, “you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.” First, as a verb (pronounced LEED), such as to guide in a certain way or direction. Q: Anyway, you were talking about “lead” having a few meanings?Ī: That’s right. Q: What? Oh, no – that 30-minute guarantee is for her morgue job. She says the hardest part is sticking to the 30-minute guarantee.Ī: Well, people do like getting their pizzas quickly. Q: Sounds like my aunt Jacqui – she works at the morgue AND delivers pizzas. It’s likely to do with “lead” holding down a few jobs at once. Since it is one of the irregular verbs, this verb in the V2 form changes completely instead of taking a piece of jewelry. Q: I knew it! Why do so many people struggle with this one?Ī: Good question. The verb ‘feel’ becomes V2 if Past Tense is mentioned in the sentence. ![]() Q: Hi AWC – I saw an article the other day that announced “she lead the team into the final”. It’s a celebration of language, masquerading as a passive-aggressive whinge about words and weirdness. This week, we're taking the lead… How to Build a Successful Freelance Copywriting BusinessĮach week here at the Australian Writers’ Centre, we dissect and discuss, contort and retort, ask and gasp at the English language and all its rules, regulations and ridiculousness.lead Past Simple: led Past Partciple: led Present Partciple: leading. Verbs with the same past simple and past participle forms. The past simple and the past participle of lead Base Form/Infinitive without to. Sew Verb Forms Past Tense, Past Participle & V1V2V3. Past Tense Vocabulary Ways to say Tenses Contact Us Past Tense. The irregular verbs in the table below have the same pattern as leap. Sewn is the past participle of the word sew.
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