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BooBooChicken · 14/10/2012 11:00

Which is correct if you are talking in the past tense?

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LoveMyBoots · 14/10/2012 11:01

Led.

PickledFanjoCat · 14/10/2012 11:01

Led is past, yes.

BooBooChicken · 14/10/2012 11:06

From today's Sunday Times Scotland,

"Wilson, who lead the SNP from 1979 to 1990..."

So is this incorrect?

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PickledFanjoCat · 14/10/2012 11:14

Well I'd say so but I'm not an advanced pedant

BooBooChicken · 14/10/2012 11:15

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NotGeoffVader · 14/10/2012 11:16

Sunday Times Scotland is wrong. Led is right for past tense. :)

Trills · 14/10/2012 11:17

Looks wrong to me.

Led is the past tense of lead.

Unless you're talking about lead the metal, which sounds like "led" but is written "lead".

BooBooChicken · 14/10/2012 11:25

Thanks all

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