

To kill a Mocking Bird led the GAR voting from the first week. (corrected forms from examples of misuse given above) Past forms of lead, pronounced / led/ and spelled led
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Marked Edema: Low albumin, immobility, and venous insufficiency have lead to accumulation of fluid in lower extremity.- GrepMed, a professional reference site for medical doctorsīy contrast, Thatcher’s Conservative government had lead the Labour opposition in the opinion polls for much of the previous 6 months, often by double digits.-Academic paper by Yale scholar The Extinction of Ice Age Mammals May Have Lead to the Rise of Civilization- Real Clear Science Poor infrastructure, storage and maintenance at health centers has lead to damaged or expired drugs, resulting in either ineffective medical treatment or patients who do not have access to the drugs they need.-Academic journal published by the University of Pennsylvania law school. To kill a Mocking Bird lead the GAR voting from the first week, and kept the lead for the entire five months of voting.-Public Broadcasting System (PBS). Here are a few examples of the erroneous usage by people who should know better: To see the misspelling in the writing of professional journalists and academics, however, is discouraging.

The prevalence of past tense led misspelled as lead on amateur blogs and social media like Reddit is not surprising. The past tense of the verb to lead (pronounced / leed/) gives some English-speakers as much trouble as the past tenses of lay and lie.
